§ LORD ROBERT CECILI wish, Sir, to ask a Question of the Secretary of State for the Colonies in consequence of the reply he has just given the hon. Member for Taunton. I do not understand how the expenses of a Kaffir war are to be shared in the unfortunate mischance of such an event. I hope the right hon. Gentleman has formed a distinct conception in his own mind upon this subject, and I trust that the right hon. Gentleman will console the House by assuring them that in the event of such a calamity as that referred to there will be a limit to our share of the consequent expense.
§ MR. CARDWELLsaid, he wished—but unfortunately it was not in his power—to state beforehand what the expenses of any future war would be. He had already stated that there was no arrangement between this country and the colony as to the expense of any Kaffir war. British 2020 Kaffraria, as the noble Lord was doubtless aware, was no longer part of the Cape Colony.