MR. J. W. LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any steps have been taken by Her Majesty's Government, or by the Government of any of the other Powers, signatories to the Brussels Act (ratified 2nd January, 1892), to establish (1) the International Slave Trade Office at Zanzibar, contemplated in the 74th and following Articles of the Act; or (2) the Special Office at Brussels, contemplated in the 31st and following Articles of the Act?
§ *SIR E. GREYBoth these Institutions have been established and are in full working order. The first issue of documents has been made by the Brussels Office, and at page 367 of their publication the Report of the constitution of the Zanzibar Office is given. A copy will be placed in the Library of the House of Commons for reference.