§ Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he has 118W yet received a Report on Ottoman Christian subjects (military service) from His Majesty's Acting Agent in Cairo; if he is now able to state whether the recently adopted practice of handing over to the Turkish military authorities Ottoman Christian subjects who have sought refuge in Egypt with a view to avoiding military service under conscription constitutes a reversal of former policy; and whether instructions have been issued to the British advisers of the Egyptian Government to countenance and support this change of policy?
§ Sir E. GREYI have received a report from His Majesty's Acting Agent and Consul-General at Cairo. There has been no reversal of former policy.