§ SIR FRANCIS CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Reports of the British Consuls in the Congo State of later date than the last Blue-book will be placed in the hands of Members in the course of the present week; and whether he will accelerate the issue of these Papers before the discussion on the affairs of the Congo is reached on the 26th instant.
§ MR. J. A. PEASE (Essex, Saffron Walden)My right hon. friend will expedite the issue of the Papers as much as possible and hopes they will be ready before the 26th.