§ MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any correspondence has taken place between the Sultan of Brunei and the Colonial Authorities on the subject of recent transactions between him and Rajah Brooke; and if he will lay the correspondence upon the Table of the House?
§ * SIR J. FERGUSSONSome correspondence has taken place between the Sultan of Brunei and the Colonial Authorities on the subject of transactions between him and Rajah Brooke. That correspondence is, however, incomplete, and, the subject being still under consideration, no Papers can be laid at present.
§ * SIR J. FERGUSSONNo, Sir; it is not the case.