§ Mr. MITCHELL-THOMSONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he has received any resolutions during the last six months protesting against the position which His Majesty's Government have taken up towards the Brussels Sugar Convention; and, if so, from what bodies such resolutions have been received?
Mr. HARCOURTI have received resolutions deprecating the withdrawal of His1674W Majesty's Government from the Brussels Sugar Convention from the Legislatures of British Guiana, Barbados and Antigua, from the Chambers of Commerce and other public bodies in certain of the West Indian Colonies, and from the West India Committee, and certain other associations in this country which are connected with the West Indies.