§ MR. PERKS (Lincolnshire, Louth)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Clause 20 of the Treaty of 11th February 1860, between Great Britain and the Republic of Nicaragua, still remains in force, whereby Great Britain and British subjects have the same rights, privileges, and advantages as the most favoured nation, with regard to transit through any canal which may be constructed from the Atlantic to the Pacific through Nicaraguan territory; and whether the concessions recently granted by the Nicaraguan Government for the construction of a canal preserve such British rights?
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickThe Treaty expired on the 11th June, 1888.