§ MR. DUCKWORTH (Lancashire, Middleton)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Church Missionary station at Rabais, East Africa, has been declared to be outside the dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar, and that the Protectorate flag now flies there in place of the Sultan's; and, if so, does it mean that all persons residing there and all persons settling there are free, and could the same course be adopted in regard to the mission stations at Mazeras and Ribe, both of which are in the same neighbourhood of Rabais.
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, GuildfordHer Majesty's Government have no knowledge of any declaration placing Rabai outside the dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar; the position both there and at Mazeras and Ribe remains unaltered.