§ MR. T. SUTHERLAND (Greenock)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, with reference to the Memorial addressed to the Secretary of State for India by the owners of steamships which use the Port of Aden, dated the 16th of April, 1885, advocating the deepening of the Inner Harbour of Aden, and also to the reply of Mr. J. K. Cross, dated the 20th of May, 1885, stating that ha had recently requested the Government of India to consider the steps necessary for establishing a Harbour Trust for the Port, on which the commercial community should be suitably represented, and to which should be entrusted the duties of administering the Port funds, and carrying out needful improvements, inasmuch as a Bill was passed by the Bombay Legislative Council in July, 1887, constituting a Port Trust for Aden for the above purposes, If he could state when the Viceroy's assent to the Bill may be expected and the Trust formed, 1633 so that the work of deepening the Inner Harbour may be proceeded with?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)A telegram was sent to India on Saturday in reference to the question of the Aden Port Trust Bill; but an answer has not yet been received.