§ MR. BARTLEY (for Mr. HANBURY)I beg to ask the Under Secretary for the Colonies whether, under Article 9 of the Australasian agreement as to the completion for sea of certain men-of-war, it is provided that—
This agreement shall he considered to become actually binding between the Imperial and the several Colonial Governments so soon as the Colonial Legislatures shall have passed Acts appropriating the necessary funds;and whether all, or which, of the Colonial Governments concerned have passed such Acts?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSMy hon. Friend has correctly interpreted the terms of the article in question. All the Colonial Governments concerned— Queensland excepted—have passed the necessary Acts.