§ MR. W. FOWLERasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether Her Majesty's Government have instructed the Royal Commissioners to consider the expediency of separating from the Transvaal the so-called disputed territory with a view to restoring it to the Zulus, in accordance with the award made by the Commissioners appointed by the Natal Government in 1878; and, whether Her Majesty's Go- 842 vernment will, under any circumstances, consent to hand over this country to the Boers?
MR. GRANT DUFFSir, my reply to both my hon. Friend's Questions must be in the negative. It is not intended, under any circumstances, to alter the boundary of Zululand, which was finally settled in the interests of all parties by Sir Garnet Wolseley, and which will be found set forth in the South African Papers C 2,482, page 285.