§ Mr. WEDGWOODasked whether English merchants are given equal trading rights with German merchants in the German Cameroons; and, if so, whether these equal rights will now be extended to the adjoining territory recently transferred by France to Germany.
§ Mr. ACLANDIn virtue of Notes exchanged in 1885 between the British and German Governments, British and German merchants receive equality of treatment in the Cameroons, of which the recently ceded territory is an extension. A great part of that territory is, moreover, in the Free Trade Zone.
§ Mr. WEDGWOODDoes that mean that the Concessionaires in the French Congo no longer have exclusive rights?
§ Mr. ACLANDThat question is dealt with in a subsequent answer.