§ MR. LECKY (Dublin University)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government in Egypt has made any inquiry into the causes of the epidemic of dysentery 641 which broke out at Assouan last February and led to the deaths of three ladies; and, if so, whether the Report can be obtained; and what authority in Egypt inspects and is responsible for the sanitary conditions under which hotels and postboats in Upper Egypt are conducted?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. G. N. CURZON,) Lancashire, SouthportNo information has been received at the Foreign Office as to the cases of dysentery at Assouan last February, but Mr. Rodd will be asked to obtain a copy of any Report which may exist on the subject, and also in regard to the inspection of hotels and postboats.