§ MR. C. M'ARTHUR (Liverpool, Exchange)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in a position to give any further information as to the approximate date when the transfer of the Niger Territories from the control of the Chartered Company to that of the Imperial Government may be expected to take place, also as to the terms of the transfer and the position in which the Royal Niger Company will stand in relation to other traders after it is effected?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. ST. JOHN BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford)Nothing can at present be added to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's answers of 16th February and 23rd February.