§ SIR M. HICKS BEACH (Bristol, W.)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, before the Votes for Uganda, British East Africa, and Somaliland are taken, he will present to the House a statement of the position of the four African Protectorates, similar to that in [Cd. 1635], Africa, No. 9, 1903, brought up to the latest possible date.
(Answered by Earl Percy.) A statement of the position of the four African Protectorates, in continuation of Africa, No. 9, 1903, will be presented in due course, but the final accounts of receipts and expenditure for the past financial year will not be available before July.