§ MR. TOTTENHAMasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, If there is any information at the Colonial Office as to the state of the graveyards of British soldiers and others who died at Pretoria in the Transvaal; if it is the case that they are now in a very neglected state; and, whether he will direct the British Resident there to take them under his charge and see that they are kept up with proper care and attention?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYI think this Question should more properly be put to my right hon. Friend the Chief Commissioner of Works, as it is within his Department that the care of these graveyards rests. But I may say that we were informed in 1882 that the walls round the Pretoria Cemetery had been placed in a state of substantial repair. We have no information since of its being in a neglected state. On the contrary, we have received within the last month a despatch from the British Resident which shows that he is looking after it. He writes that heavy rains had damaged the enclosing wall of the military cemetery; but that he had repaired the damaged part and strengthened the neighbouring portion.