§ *MR. REESI beg to ask the Under-secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that though it will be many years before the whole British Concession at Chinde will disappear owing to erosion, it is the fact that the bonded portion of the Concession on the river bank has already almost gone, and that it is no longer possible to land goods for transmission to the British Central Africa Protectorate on the beach and foreshore of such Concession; and whether the Colonial Office can see its way to re-establish the bonded portion of the Concession upon the foreshore, the recent arrangement made by the Commissioner, in concert with the Portuguese authorities, having established the bonded portion too far from the foreshore to serve the purpose for which it is intended.
§ *MR. CHURCHILLThe Secretary of State has within the last few days received a despatch from the Commissioner of the British Central Africa Protectorate which shows that the facts are accurately stated in the hon. Member's Question. The steps to be taken to secure additional frontage on the river are under consideration.