§ MR. KNOX (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will endeavour to secure from the British Embassy and Consuls in France a special Report on the recent development of canal traffic in that country, dealing especially with the capital expenditure and the annual cost of working the rates or tolls on various descriptions of merchandise, the organisation of the industry and the wages of the employés, and the effect of the development upon the agricultural districts?
§ SIR E. GREYHer Majesty's Ambassador at Paris will be instructed to send home a general Report on the system.