Sir GILBERT PARKERasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he was aware that an extensive mining monopoly had recently been granted to a Belgian syndicate in the Katanga region of the Congo; and whether the conferring of such monopoly was reconcilable with the provisions of the Anglo-Congolese Convention of 1884?
§ Sir EDWARD GREYI understand that a Belgian syndicate has been granted the right to prospect over a large area in the Katanga, but that no mining monopoly has been granted to the syndicate.