§ SIR JOHN SWINBURNE (Staffordshire, Lichfield)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Consul at Mozambique is now at his post or is absent on duty or leave; what is the salary of the Consul at Mozambique; whether the Consul is 1256 allowed to trade or to enter into any business whatever in addition to his duties as British Consul; and would he give the like information with regard to the Consul or Consular Agent at Quillamane, and also with regard to the Consul or Consular Agent at Delagoa Bay?
§ * SIR J. FERGUSSONMr. Johnston, the Consul at Mozambique, left for his post some weeks since and should arrive very shortly. He receives a salary of £800 a year. He is not allowed to trade nor to enter into any private business whatever. The Vice Consul at Quillamane is an unpaid trading officer. He is at at his post. The Vice Consul at Delagoa a year, Bay receives a salary of £500 and is not allowed to undertake any non-Consular work. He has recently been invalided home, and, as usual in such circumstances, a resident of the place is acting temporarily in his absence.