§ SIR C. W. DILKE (Gloucester, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with regard to the agreement with King Leopold, whether the strip leased to us between Tanganyika and the Albert Edward Nyanza has been explored; and whether the character and disposition of the tribes inhabiting or claiming it are known?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickThe country has not been explored, but the object of this part of the Agreement was to reserve a right to a route and means of communication whenever it should be desirable to make use of them.