§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Foreign Office has received any representation from Sir H. Johnston in reference to the tract of country in the neighbourhood of Mount Elgin in which he found quantities of large game; and whether any steps will be taken to preserve this region as a national park, with a view to preventing the extinction of the larger wild animals native to Africa.
§ *VISCOUNT CRANBORNE(1) The representation made by Sir H. Johnston on this subject will be found at page 12 of his report laid before Parliament in Africa, No. 7, 1901. (2) Very large regions have already been set apart as reserves in East Africa and Uganda in pursuance of the conclusions of the International Convention for the Preservation of Animals in Africa. The question of enlarging or altering these reserves depends on local considerations.