MR. HERBERT ROBERTSI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received official information as to the experience of the gunboats "Woodcock" and "Woodlark" in their recent journey on the Yang-tsze from Ichang-fu to Chung-King-fu; if so, what is the nature of the report.
§ * MR. BRODRICKWe have only heard by telegraph of the arrival of the two vessels at Chung-King. A full report on the passage, which must necessarily be sent by mail, cannot be expected for some time.