§ MR. LODER (Brighton)(on behalf of Colonel HOWARD VINCENT, Sheffield, Central): I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, with a view of saving British shipping as far as possible from needless quarantine in foreign ports, Her Majesty's Consuls in the ports where it is imposed will be telegraphically advised of the official declaration on 19th September of the British Minister of Public Health that with the exception of three or four ports on the Eastern Coast all the ports of Great Britain have been throughout the year absolutely free from cholera, and that there is no general epidemic of cholera in any part of the United Kingdom, and be instructed at the same time to make every effort to obtain pratique for British ships?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickApplication has already been made to the Local Government Board to furnish a short statement on the whole case. The substance will be telegraphed to Her Majesty's Representatives directly it is received.