§ Mr. KINGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of unpaid Vice-Consuls acting abroad for the Foreign 30W Office, distinguishing those in European, African, Asiatic, and American countries?
§ Sir E. GREYThe total number of unsalaried Vice-Consuls at present serving His Majesty's Government abroad, as distinguished from unsalaried Consuls-General, Consuls and Consular Agents, and exclusive of vacant posts, is 543. Of these there are 308 in Europe, twenty-eight in Africa, thirty-three in Asia (including the Indian Archipelago), 171 in America, and three in Oceania.