HC Deb 01 March 1911 vol 22 c354
Mr. NOEL BUXTON

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Portuguese Government has recently given permission to the Empreza Nacionel Steamship Company to convoy 800 servicaes from Angola, in the s.s. "Cazengo," to the cocoa plantations on the islands of San Thomé and Principé?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. McKinnon Wood)

I am informed by both His Majesty's Minister at Lisbon and His Majesty's Consul at Loanda that there is no truth in the statement.