§ SIR H. COTTON (Nottingham, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will furnish or procure information showing in detail and as far as possible the places of origin and the quantities and values of spirituous liquors imported into the Sudan via Wadi Haifa during the several years 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905, supplementing the statements made in Lord Cromer's Annual Reports on Egypt and the Sudan to the effect that 250 tons (valued at £8,400), were imported in 1900, 241 tons in 1901, 326 tons in 1902, 561 tons (valued at £119,738), in 1904, and a quantity not stated but valued at £84,000 in 1905; and whether he is in a position to explain the increase in the quantity of spirits so imported.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir EDWARD GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickWe have no information on the subject other than that contained in Lord Cromer's Reports, but Lord Cromer will be asked if he can give the further information asked for.