§ MR. GUY DAWNAYasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether it is true that fresh hostilities have broken out in Zululand, this time between Oham and Dinazulu on one side, and Umnyamana, Undalreko, and Dabulamanzi on the other, and that the Boers, not content with the boundary line of the territory granted to them by Dinazulu, in payment of their services in the slaughter of Usibepu's people, are now laying out farms from 15 to 20 miles from the boundary then laid down? The hon. Gentleman also asked, Whether the Colonial Office have received any confirmation of the intelligence reported in The Times of Natal of October 4, to the effect that the Usutus made two fresh raids into the Reserve Territory towards the end of September, in one killing some natives and capturing 30 head of cattle, and in the other, which was made into Mr. John Dunn's district, killing one man and capturing 100 head of cattle; and, whether, if such reports are true, any steps will be taken to procure the restoration of the cattle and the punishment of the offenders, in fulfilment of the obligations of the Government towards the natives in the Reserve?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYWe have no information as to statements contained in the first Question. As to the second Question, we have heard nothing about any raid made into Mr. John Dunn's district; but we have received a report that a raid was made on the 25th of September by the Usutus from Central Zululand on the kraals of the loyal Chief Mashinana, in which several Natives were wounded. The Resident 1379 Commissioner will take any steps that are advisable.