§ MR. GOURLEY (Sunderland)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any, and what, negotiations are being conducted between Her Majesty's Government and that of France relative to an amicable settlement of the Newfoundland Treaty obligations; whether there are any complaints from the inhabitants resident on the Treaty shores relative to the use made of them by the French?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOB THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, Poplar(1) There are at the present moment no negotiations proceeding. (2) Complaints are made from time to time to the naval officers of individual grievances; but, as a rule, the inhabitants resident on the Treaty shore and the Newfoundland fishermen are on friendly terms with the French fishermen.