§ Mr. HADDOCKasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will inform the House of the purpose of the present visit to Canada of Mr. Theo Kryshtofovich, Russian agricultural commissioner; and whether he is to negotiate, on behalf of the Russian Government, a commercial treaty with Canada?
§ Sir E. GREYI understand that this gentleman is visiting Canada for the purpose of arranging with Canadian manufacturers for the export to Russia of agricultural machinery. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.