§ MR. CHILDERSasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether any correspondence has taken place as to the contribution, if any, to be made by any Colony towards the expense of the Zulu War; and, if he can lay upon the Table any such correspondence up to the present time?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHSir, I have not yet received answers to communications upon this subject made by me to South Africa; and as the Correspondence on the subject is not completed it is not desirable to produce it.