§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for foreign Affairs if he will explain why His Majesty's Consul at Kobe. Japan, has hitherto omitted in 543 his Reports all reference to the Tansan Water Industry, which is carried on by an Englishman in the Kobe Consular District; and, in view of the fact that many hundreds of persons in the villages around this natural mineral water spring are employed in this industry, and that extensive shipments of the water are regularly made, will his Majesty's Consul at Kobe be asked to refer in future in his Annual Report to this and other important industries owned by British subjects.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE,) RochesterThe Report for 1901 has not yet been received, but when it arrives I will bear in mind the suggestion to which the hon. Gentleman refers, and, if necessary, the attention of the Consul shall be called to the subject.