§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether 160 the jurists appointed some five years ago to adjudicate on the claims of the bondholders and others in connection with the Delagoa Bay Railway have come to any decision; and, if they have, whether their decision is that the railway shall be sold by auction to provide funds for paying the amount due from the Portuguese Government to the claimants.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir E. GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickThe answer to the hon. Member's question is in the negative. The exchange of documents has been effected, but the pleadings must take place before the Tribunal of Arbitration can pronounce judgment.