§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDE (Dublin Co., S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Samoan Treaty has yet been put into force?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON, Manchester, N.E.)The Chief Justice and the British Land Commissioner have been appointed and have started for Samoa. It is hoped that the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific will shortly be able to issue the necessary regulations for the enforcement of the final Act of the Samoan Conference, so far as British subjects are concerned. The Treaty Powers have agreed upon the nomination of a President of the Municipal Council of Apia.