HC Deb 12 June 1894 vol 25 c921
MR. TRITTON (Lambeth, Norwood)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the event of a large British Company being formed to work a concession in Madagascar, it would be under British protection?

SIR E. GREY

Madagascar is under the protection of France. British subjects engaged in commercial undertakings would be entitled, as in other foreign countries, to advice and assistance in case of need from the British Consular Representatives.