§ MR. LAWRENCE (Liverpool, Abercromby)I beg to ask the Under Secreretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the fact that a great portion of the trade of the interior districts of Sierra Leone passes through Port Lokkoh, whether Her Majesty's Government have greed to ratify the Treaties made with the Chiefs around that Port; and, if not, on what grounds?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY or STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON, Tower Hamlets, Poplar)Perhaps I may be allowed to answer this question. Her Majesty's Government have agreed to ratify these Treaties.