§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Brazilian Government have given any compensation for the death of the three British naval officers who were killed in September, 1893, by the explosion on Gubernador Island?
§ SIR E. GREYThe Brazilian Government have not given any compensation for the death of the three officers referred to. It is impossible to deal with this claim until the cause of the explosion is known, and we are still waiting for a Report of what can be ascertained.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTHave the British Government asked for compensation?
§ SIR E. GREYWe inquired as to the cause of the explosion, and were told that it was an accident. Unless other information is obtained, we cannot claim compensation.