HC Deb 14 August 1890 vol 348 c969
SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has yet ascertained whether the embargo placed on Mr. Baird's lobster factory in Newfoundland, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement for a modus vivendi with France, is maintained or has been withdrawn under stress of proceedings in the Newfoundland Courts?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON, Manchester, N.E.)

The embargo has not been withdrawn, but the factory has been dismantled by the proprietor, and the men employed have gone to work elsewhere.