MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have taken, or propose to take, any steps, if so, what steps, to uphold the rights and immunities of British subjects affected by the law applying the general French Customs tariff to Madagascar, which law practically excludes from the markets of Madagascar the trade of Great Britain; and, whether any further negotiations on this subject are now proceeding with the French Government?
MR. CURZONThe papers have been laid before Parliament, and no communications have passed since that date.