MR. JAMES WILLIAM LOWTHER (Cumberland, Penrith)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Convention relating to quarantine in the Sues Canal, signed at Venice on 30th January, 1892, by a certain number of the European Powers, has now been signed and ratified by all?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickThe Convention signed at Venice on January 30th, 1892, relating to quarantine in the Sues Canal, has now been ratified by all the signatory Powers, except Portugal, whose action is still dependent upon the consent of the Cortes.