§ MR. WOODI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will explain why the appointment to the office of Vice-Consul which has recently been made at St. Gall, Switzerland, has been given to a foreigner, in view of the fact that British residents with large business interests there were passed over.
§ LORD CRANBORNEThe Secretary of State was advised that there was no suitable British subject at St. Gall who could be recommended for the appointment of Vice-Consul. He therefore sanctioned the appointment of a Swiss gentleman, whose business is chiefly connected with this country.