HC Deb 03 August 1898 vol 15 cc1189-90
SIR A. ROLLIT

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the interest to the mercantile community of this country of the recent alterations in the Russian Customs Duties, he will cause the British Commercial Attaché at St. Petersburg to be instructed to report fully on them, and also to prepare a general Report on the subject of trade between Great Britain and Russia, in continuation of the Memorandum by the Attaché at St. Petersburg, dated 4th December, 1865; and whether the two Reports now asked for both from the Commercial Attaché at St. Petersburg could be distributed to Chambers of Commerce?

* SIR E. GREY

I regret to say that Mr. Law is now absent from his post on sick leave; but as soon as he is able to return, he will be instructed to prepare two Reports such as those asked for.