§ MR. H. SETON-KARR (St. Helens)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Report of the Mission of Inquiry into Seal Life in the North Pacific of 1896 has yet been received; whether it is in contemplation now to frame new international regulations for preservation of seal life in the North Pacific; and whether such regulations before adoption will be submitted to the Government of the Canadian Dominion, and to those who have expert knowledge of the whole question?
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. CURZON, Lancashire, Southport)The Reports of the British Commissioners have been received and are under examination; it is thought that some modification of the existing regulations may be found desirable at the end of 1898, the period fixed by the Arbitration Tribunal for their reconsideration; no revised Regulations will be adopted without previous communication with the Dominion Government.