THE NEW HEBRIDES
(reuter's telegrams.)
LONDON, May 11.
In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Osborne Morgan, Under Secretary for the Colonies, stated, in reply to a question from Mr. Howard Vincent, that France had offered to discontinue the deportation of convicts to the Pacific if she were allowed to occupy the New Hebrides. Mr. Morgan added that her Majesty's Government had agreed to give the matter considaration provided that the -proposed occupation took the form of a protectorate, and that freedom of religion and of trade were guaranteed. The cession of Bapa to England also
on certain conditions was implied. Mr. Morgan stated that tbe Government had consulted the various colonial authorities on the matter.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VII, Issue 1309, 17 May 1886, Page 2
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