§ SIR W. PEARCE (Plymouth)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to the effect that rice will be considered a contraband of war by France during the Siamese blockade?
§ * SIR E. GREYThe views of Her Majesty's Government as to contraband of war will be found stated in Blue Book, France, No. 1, 1885; but I may add that the question of what is or is not contraband of war does not arise in connection with a blockade.