§ MR. PICTON (Leicester)asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it has usually been the practice to charge the Board of Trade with business relating to Sugar Bounties; and whether the Government has called for, or received, any Report or opinion from that Board on the subject of the pending Convention; and, if so, is there any objection to lay that Report or opinion upon the Table of the House?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHThe negotiations with foreign countries on the subject of this Convention were conducted according to usual practice by the Foreign Office. Any communications from the Board of Trade on the subject are included in the papers which have already been presented.