§ Mr. LONSDALEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had received information that for five years the crew of a British whaling ship, reported to have been lost in a storm in the West Indies, had been incarcerated in a Venezuelan prison; and, if so, whether he had taken any action in the matter?
§ Mr. McKINNON WOODNo such official information has been received, but His Majesty's Minister at Caracas will be instructed to ascertain the truth of the report.