§ MR. NORMAN (Wolverhampton, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can inform the House what flag flies over the Chinese Imperial Customs at Newchwang; by whom the customs duties are collected; and to whom, or to what account, they are being remitted.
§ LORD CRANBORNEI am afraid that there is nothing to add to the answer which I gave to a similar Question by the hon. Gentleman in April last year.† The situation as regards the customs remains the same.
§ MR NORMANIs the noble Lord able to tell us whether the state of
† See (4) Debates, xcii., 786354 things existing at Newchwang then described is regarded by the Government as part of the regular status quo of Manchuria?
§ LORD CRANBORNEI cannot answer that Question without notice.