§ SIR HENRY TYLERasked the Secretary to the Treasury, What payments have been made by Her Majesty's Government to steam packet owners for landing telegrams from Natal or the Cape Colony at St. Vincent since the breaking out of the Zulu War?
§ LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISHSir, payments amounting to £2,750 have been made to steampacket owners for calling at St. Vincent in order to expedite telegrams either to or from the Cape of Good Hope.