§ MR. HOGANI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government has instructed the British representative on the Samoan Commission to veto the candidature of Mataafa; and, if so, upon what grounds.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe instructions given to the British Commissioner were not such as to bind him to any course of action. The Commissioners will, it is presumed, recommend such action as after full investigation of the facts they find desirable.