§ MR. HOGANI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the latest consular information from Samoa as to the working of the new governing arrangements under the Anglo-German Convention, and the probabilities of a permanent acceptance of the new régime by the natives.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordThe Tripartite Convention between Great Britain, Germany, and the United States with regard to Samoa was only approved by the Senate on the 29th ult. The formal ratifications will be exchanged without delay. Until this has been done, the Convention does not come into effect, and consequently German administration has not yet been established in Upolu and Savaii