§ COLONEL HILL (Bristol, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that, instead of the reduction in the Constantinople Hospital dues of one penny to one halfpenny per ton, as ordered on the 16th January, 1888, affording a relief to the shipping frequenting that port of 50 per cent., as was apparently intended, the relief has, in consequence of a change in the mode of collection, only amounted in some cases to 15 per cent.; and whether he will cause such instructions to be issued as will ensure the enjoyment of the full reduction?
* THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FER-GUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.Representations have been received complaining that the reduction has not benefited the shipping to the extent anticipated. A Report has been called for from the Consul General at Constantinople, and the matter is being thoroughly investigated.