§ MR. RYLANDSasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether any information has been received as to the annexation of the Transvaal Republic?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERtwo telegrams, Sir, have been received to-day from Sir Bartle Frere, the last of which only arrived at the Colonial Office just as I was coming down to the House, so that I was unable to have it copied in time to bring it with me. The substance, however, is to the effect that it is true that British Sovereignty was proclaimed in the Transvaal State by Sir Theophilus Shepstone on the 12th of April. Arrangements had been satisfactorily made for the establishment of a provisional Administration, and it is added that the British connection has been everywhere, speaking generally, favourably received by the population.