§ MR. BUCHANAN (Edinburgh, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the object of the negotiations with Germany as regards Walfisch Bay; whether the Government will undertake not to make any cession of territory at Walfisch Bay without the consent of the Cape Colony; and whether the negotiations with regard to Walfisch Bay form part of the negotiations for the general Anglo-German Agreement?
§ *SIR J. FERGUSSONThe object of the negotiations is the delimitation of the southern boundary of Walfisch Bay. There is no question of cession of territory. The matter will be dealt with by the Agreement.
§ MR. BUCHANANHas the Cape Colony been consulted?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONI am not pre-pared to answer that question.