§ SIR JOHN LENGI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state what progress has been made in the negotiations for an improved mail service to Canada; and whether the ports of arrival and departure and the speed of the mail steamers have now been fixed?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.No, sir; I am unable to give any information. The matter is still under the consideration of the Government of the Dominion of Canada.