§ MR. COBB(for Mr. PICTON) (Leicester)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any information has been received from the Governor of Lagos, or any of the authorities on the coast, as to the number of Natives killed within the last 12 months by persons in the employ of the Royal Niger Company?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)We have not heard of any persons so killed, except in an unfortunate collision between the leader of an expedition into the interior and some of the men attached to him, which is at present the subject of inquiry.