HC Deb 05 December 1890 vol 349 c651
MR. SYDNEY BUXTON

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a reward of 10,000 rupees has been offered by the British Naval Authorities on the East Coast of Africa for the capture of the Sultan of Vitu; and, if so, whether Her Majesty's Government have given instructions that such offer should be withdrawn?

SIR J. FERGUSSON

The reward has been offered. The Sultan has not yet been captured, nor has he surrendered to take his trial, and the offer still holds good.