§ MR. REESI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any official information showing that slave traders from Portuguese Mozambique recently raided Nyassaland and carried off 100 natives of the Protectorate; whether the captives were subsequently released; and whether the Government can give any explanation of the circumstances of the raid.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Colonel SEELY,) Liverpool, AbercrombyThe Secretary of State has received no information regarding the matter, but will cause inquiry to be made.