§ SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether Her Majesty's Government have received any request from or through the Government of Canada to call a conference of the Colonies interested, with a view to arranging the details of the laying and maintaining a cable, across the Pacific Ocean between Canada and Australasia; and whether the Government have come to any decision in the matter?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarHer Majesty's Government have received no such request.