§ SIR ROBERT FOWLER (London)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet been informed as to the result of the investigation commenced at the end of December last, at the Limpopo in Bechuanaland, by Her Majesty's Deputy Commissioner in South Africa, as to the collision in that neighbourhood in the previous August between a Boer named Grobbelaar, said to be a Consul accredited by the Transvaal Government, and messengers of the Chief Khama; and when the Government will be able to present to Parliament correspondence respecting this and other proceedings in the Bechuanaland Protectorate subsequent to last August?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Baron HENRY DE WORMS,) Liverpool, East ToxtethHer Majesty's Government have received Sir Sydney Shippard's Report on the subject; but the correspondence is not yet complete. When it is it will be presented to Parliament with other papers relating to Bechuanaland which are now partly in type.
§ SIR R. FOWLERHow long will it be before the correspondence is presented?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSAt present I am unable to say exactly.
§ DR. CLARK (Caithness)Is it not the case that a Report was received during last Session of Parliament, and that when I asked a Question in reference to it a promise was made that it should be printed and circulated?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSI will make inquiry about it.