§ Mr. NOEL BUXTONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the responsibility of Great Britain, as one of the signatories of the Berlin Treaty for the condition of Macedonia, and in view of the hardships inflicted on the population in the past year, he will take steps to increase the consular staff, so as to insure more complete information on the situation in the rural districts?
§ Sir EDWARD GREYI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I returned to the question he addressed to me on the 28th of February last, when I stated that there were consular representatives at all the important centres in both Macedonia and Albania, and that they would make what travels were necessary to get full information in their respective districts. Special instructions in this sense have been sent to His Majesty's Ambassador in Constantinople. We have a Consul General and a Vice-Consul at Salonica, Vice-Consuls at Cavalla, Monastir, Scutari, and Uskub, and Consular Agents at Janina and Prevesa; and His Mejesty's Government consider that this staff is fully adequate to supply all the information required as to conditions in Macedonia and Albania.