§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON (Dundee)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give the House any information regarding the treaty, reported to have been ratified by the United States Senate on the 22nd March, as to the right of British subjects 699 to hold real and personal property in United States.
§ MR. BRODRICKA treaty on this subject was signed by Lord Pauncefote and Mr. Hay on 2nd March, and has been ratified with certain modifications by the United States Senate. These modifications are under consideration, and I cannot make any statement at present.