§ MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the active participation of the Consuls of other Powers in commercial affairs in Eastern Persia, our own Consuls have received 1138 instructions to forward the interests of British trade.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThe Consuls in Persia have instructions, as have Consuls elsewhere, to accord to British enterprise all the assistance that it can properly receive, and quite understand what their duties are. There is no occasion for special instructions in this instance.