§ SIR J. FERGUSSON (Manchester, N.E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Foreign Office have information that the Porte will at an early period procure the establishment of the four lights so long desired at the southern end of the Red Sea; and if any steps are yet being taken to establish one or more lights in the Gulf of Aden.
§ * MR. BRODRICKAn arrangement has been come to between the Turkish Government and the Turkish Lighthouse Administration for the construction and maintenance of the proposed lights, and in pursuance of this arrangement a scheme of dues on shipping has now beer brought forward by the Porte for the concurrence of Her Majesty's Government 506 and the other Powers interested. This scheme is inconsistent with the information furnished in reply to my right hon. friend's question of 11th of May last; and Her Majesty's Government are considering what answer should be returned to the Turkish proposals. The Government of India have been requested to prepare, for the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, a scheme for the erection of a lighthouse on the island of Socotra.