§ CAPTAIN COLOMB (Tower Hamlets, Bow, &c.)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether, with reference to the Commercial Paper, Suez Canal Returns of Shipping and Tonnage, annually presented to Parliament, there would be any difficulty in keeping a record of the countries from and to which vessels enter and clear the Canal, so as to add to that Return a Table showing the aggregate number and tonnage of vessels entering and clearing the Canal from and to each country each year?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)The Secretary of State is in communication with the British Directors on the Council of the Suez Canal Company, in order to ascertain whether such information can be afforded.