§ Mr. MITCHELL-THOMSONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received from His Majesty's Chargé d' Affaires at St. Petersburg the Report upon the Imperial Ukaz of 14th March, 1887, as affecting the obligation upon foreign subjects of different nationalities to sell land acquired by inheritance in Poland and the western governments of Russia within a certain period, which was asked for last August; and, if not, whether he will take steps to obtain such a Report at once?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Edward Grey)His Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg has been informed by the Russian Government that the privileges acquired by German subjects with regard to the tenure of land in Poland in virtue of the Russo-German Convention of 28th July, 1904, will in future be extended to British subjects.