§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL (Kirkcaldy)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, looking to the relations between the Delagoa Bay Railway Company and the Portuguese Government, and the delicate nature of the position at Delagoa Bay now that the British warships have been sent there, the Government mean any longer to continue the Railway Agent as acting British Vice Consul, and, consequently, British Diplomatic Agent?
§ * SIR J. FERGUSSONThe Vice Consul at Delagoa Bay is in no sense a Diplomatic Agent. The Consul in the Colony of Mozambique, to whom the Vice Consul is subordinate, has now reached his post, and would be the medium of communication with the Governor General. We have learnt that the manager of the railway leaves tomorrow invalided. Arrangements for finding a suitable acting Vice Consul are under consideration.