§ SIR ELLIS ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he is in a position to give the House any information as to the reported purchase of Delagoa Bay by Great Britain.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOUR (for Mr. BRODRICK)No arrangement has been made with the Portuguese Government in regard to the purchase of Delagoa Bay.