HC Deb 29 July 1897 vol 51 c1468
SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the actual and prospective increase in trade between Canada and China and Japan on the one hand and between Canada and Australasia on the other, he can lay upon the Table any further Papers or make any further statement as to the proposed telegraph cables across the Pacific Ocean?

MR. CHAMBERLAIN

I cannot at present lay any further Papers on the Table or make any further statement.