§ 10. Colonel Sir C. YATEasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether all objections to the Norwegian draft mining Bill on the part of the British companies working mines in Spitzbergen have been met, or whether any objections to the Bill still remain to be settled before the Bill is accepted by the British Government?
§ Mr. PONSONBYHis Majesty's Government have accepted the Mining Regulations prescribed in the Spitzbergen Treaty. Before doing so, representatives of mining companies were consulted, and while every care was taken to safeguard British interests, His Majesty's Government did not, in every case, see their way to lend their support to all objections put forward.