§ MR. C. MCARTHUR (Liverpool, Exchange)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to give particulars of the policy which Her Majesty's Government intend to pursue with respect to the territories at present under the control of the Royal Niger Company whereby, as already announced, those regions are to be thrown open to all traders; and whether he can indicate the form which the future government of these territories is to take under the new arrangement?
MR. CURZONThe matter is at present engaging the attention of the Government, but has not reached a stage at which it would be possible for me to make any statement on the subject.