§ MR. ALDERMAN W. M'ARTHURasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he has received from the Aborigines Protection Society a letter calling his attention to a statement published in the special correspondence of the "Daily Telegraph," on August 4th, to the effect that, at the Battle of Ulundi, our Native Contingent despatched all the Zulu wounded who were found after the action; and, whether he intends to accede to the Society's request that he will make a searching inquiry into the truth of this statement?
§ COLONEL STANLEYI have received the letter in question, of which, I believe, an acknowledgment has been sent to the Society. But I have made a similar inquiry, at the instance partly of the Society, about similar reports which were made earlier in the Zulu campaign, and I called the general officer's attention to them, and directed that inquiries should be made. Therefore, I have not conceived it to be necessary, in respect of this particular occurrence, to give any fresh instructions, taking for granted that it was covered by the instructions previously given.