§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Mr. Samuel T. Knaggs, M.D., F.R.C.S.I., applied in December last to practice his profession at Kobé, Japan, but was informed by the British Consul at Kobé, that the licence could not be granted until investigation regarding the diplomas had been made in this country; and whether, seeing that Dr. Knaggs was accredited to the British Consul at Kobé by the Premier and Chief Secretary of the State of New South Wales as having held Government appointments in that State, will he ascertain why the British Consul did not take steps to satisfy the Japanese authorities as to Dr. Knaggs' bonâ fides without awaiting the result of inquiries in this country.
§ LORD CRANBORNEI have no information on this subject, but His Majesty's Consul at Kobé will be requested to report the facts.