§ MR. PICTON (Leicester)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will inform the House as to the circumstances under which King Ja Ja of Opobo, who was deported to St. Helena in 1888, has lately been restored to his own country?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON, Manchester, N. E.)Ja Ja was not deported to St. Helena, but to St. Vincent. He has not been restored to his own country. Arrangements are being made for his transfer to another West Indian Island, as a change of climate is advised by his doctor; but it is not considered that it would be prudent at present to allow him to return to Opobo.
§ SIR W. FOSTER (Derby, Ilkeston)May I ask what grounds there are for retaining this foreign King Ja Ja outside his own dominions?