§ Mr. IDRISasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the British exporters of chemicals and medicines to Japan complain that the chemists of the Japanese Sanitary Bureau in the laboratories at the principal ports of entry frequently reject imports of chemicals and medicines on insufficient grounds, whereby 868W the British exporters suffer financial loss without redress; if he is aware that German exporters have experienced the same hardship, and, in consequence, the council of the Society for the Protection of the Interests of the German Chemical Industry has addressed the Imperial Chancellor asking him to make representations to the Japanese Government for the purpose of removing these difficulties; and, in view of these circumstances, if he will take steps to protect the interests of the British chemical industry by suggesting to the Japanese Government the appointment of a board of appeal to consider objections to the decisions of the Japanese customs chemists?
§ Sir E. GREYThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative; to the second in the negative. His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokio is at this moment investigating the matter.