§ MR. ALEXANDER M'ARTHURI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Her Majesty's Government has received confirmation of the telegraphic report in the newspapers that the condemned Zulu Chiefs Dinuzulu, Indabuko, and Ishingana were embarked from Durban on February 7 for transportation to St. Helena; and, if so, whether Her Majesty's Government has sanctioned this aggravation of the sentences of imprisonment passed upon them at Etshowe on April 27, 1889?
§ BARON H. DE WORMSHer Majesty's Government have been informed that the Zulu prisoners embarked on the 7th inst. for St. Helena, whither they are sent 193 by the direction of Her Majesty's Government. This transfer is a material mitigation of their sentences, inasmuch as if they had been kept in Zululand they must have been strictly confined and not allowed to communicate with their wives or children except occasionally and under certain conditions, whereas in St. Helena they will have comparative freedom in an excellent climate and the company of their wives.