§ MR. THOMAS BAYLEY (Derbyshire, Chesterfield)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if in the territory leased to His Majesey's Government by the Sultan of Zanzibar, in the ten mile coast strip called the Sultan's Dominions, and administered by British officials, the aforesaid British officials are administering the law which acknowledges the legal status of slavery; and, if so, what steps he proposes to take in view of the law of this country against the recognition of slavery.
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRAN-BORNE,) RochesterThe conduct of British officials with regard to slavery in the ten mile strip is governed by the telegraphic instructions sent to Sir A. Hardinge on February 11th, 1899, which are published in the Parliamentary Paper, Africa, No. 8(1899).