§ SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Conference on the telegraph cable to connect the Canadian Dominion with the Australasian Colonies has concluded its labours; and whether any approximate date can be given at which their Report can be presented to Parliament?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.The Committee has made its Report, but as that Report will be the subject of confidential discussions between her Majesty's Government and the representatives of the Colonial Governments, no date can at present be given for its presentation to Parliament.