§ * MR. HERBERT SAMUELI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any general report on the British East Africa Protectorate has been received by the Foreign Office from the Chief Commissioner of that Protectorate later than the report presented to the House on 14th August, 1901; and, if so, will he explain why it has not been presented.
§ * LORD CRANBORNENo general Report on the East Africa Protectorate later than that presented to the House on August 14th, 1901, has been received from His Majesty's Commissioner by the Foreign Office. As the hon. Gentleman, however, is aware, a trade Report by Mr. Marsden, for the year ending March 31st 1902, was laid before Parliament in September last year. A general Report has been called for, and will be laid when received.