§ * SIR CHARLES W. DILKE (Gloucestershire, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can inform the House if any steps have been taken towards increasing the number of British Vice-Consuls in the Congo State; and if His Majesty's Consular staff can be provided with means of conveyance on the Upper Congo and its affluents.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir EDWARD GREY,) Northumberland, BerwickI am taking 1254 measures to constitute the Vice-Consulate in the Katango district a permanent instead of a temporary post; to create a new Vice-Consular post in the Kasal district; and to provide a steamer on the Upper Congo to assist His Majesty's Consular officers in their official tours.