§ SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state to the House which Abyssinian province it is which has been assigned to the government of a Russian subject, Count Leontieff, and how it stands geographically in relation to the British sphere of influence north of Lake Rudolph.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) (for Mr. BRODRICK) Manchester, E.So far as we are aware the province which has been assigned to Monsieur Leontieff is Situated to the north-east of Lake Rudolph, and 489 is bounded on the west by the Omo River. The actual boundary between the British sphere and Abyssinia is under discussion with the Emperor Menelek.