HC Deb 20 August 1894 vol 29 c21
MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any further communication has been received from the Dutch Government regarding the Costa Rica case; whether he can state the present position of the question or the purport of the last communication from the British to the Dutch Government; and what answer has been given by the Foreign Office to the protests of the New South Wales Government and its demand for redress?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, Berwick

There is nothing to add to the statement which I made on Friday night, except that we have since received the Report of the Law Officers on the question of arbitration, which will be considered without delay. I understood that the communications from the New South Wales Government have been fully answered by the Colonial Office.