§ MR. MITCHELL-THOMSON (Lanarkshire, N.W.)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will lay upon the Table the despatch of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, of 20th April, regarding affairs in the Western Pacific, which is referred to in paragraph 9 of Mr. Deakin's despatch of 13th June, 1906, in Cd. 3288, page 38.
§ MR. HARCOURTThe despatch mentioned was a, secret despatch, which it is not considered desirable in the public interest to lay upon the Table of the House.