§ Mr. REESasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that goods of other than British origin are being imported into Portuguese East Africa stamped with coloured portraits of their Majesties the King and Queen, and purporting to be of British origin; and, if so, whether any measures will be adopted to prevent this practice?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Buxton)My attention has been called to a statement made by His Majesty's Consul at Lourenco Marques in 1447 his Annual Report for 1909, to the effect that goods of non-British manufacture are being sold in Portuguese Africa made up in such a way as to suggest that they are of British origin. His Majesty's Consul is being instructed to make further inquiry and to furnish fuller information, with specific details, upon the subject, in order that I may be in a position to consider what action it may be possible to take.