§ SIR. E. T. GOURLEY () SunderlandI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made in the tentative appointment of commercial reporters in various foreign centres, in accordance with the statement made to the House towards the close of last session.
§ *MR. BRODRICKCommercial agents have already been appointed in Russia, China, and Central America. The appointment of two more commercial agents, to be stationed in Switzerland and the United States, will shortly be made.