§ MR. W. REDMONDI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that Sir George Dibbs, Premier of New South Wales, has telegraphed to the Agent General of that Colony, now in London, instructing him to inform the Secretary of State for the Colonies of the great indignation which is felt in New South Wales at the conduct of the Imperial Government in relation to the detention of the ship Costa Rica as the result of the action of the Dutch-Indian Authorities in arresting the captain; whether he is aware that Sir George Dibbs submits that the award of £2,500 to the captain of the Costa Rica by no means meets the justice of the case; and whether it is the 96 intention of the Imperial Government to demand compensation for the owners and crew of the ship Costa Rica, in accordance with the desire of the Now South Wales Government?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOE THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarThe Agent General has forwarded to the Secretary of State a copy of a telegram of the nature described from the Prime Minister of New South Wales, which is now under the consideration of Her Majesty's Government.