§ 3. Mr. MITCHELL-THOMSONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what was the result of the trial of the Portuguese customs official who shot the Rev. Arthur Douglas at Nyasa; and 274 whether His Majesty's Government propose to take any further action in the matter?
§ Sir E. GREYHis Majesty's Government have received from an official of the Nyasaland Protectorate, deputed for this purpose, a full report on the murder and all the circumstances leading up to it. They propose, however, to defer taking any action on that report until they shall have learnt the result of the trial, which, according to the request preferred by His Majesty's Government at the instance of the Bishop of Nyasaland, should be held at an early date at Mtengula instead of at Ibo, the ordinary seat of the competent court.