§ COLONEL LAURIE (Bath)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the dispute as to the territory comprised between the Rivers Shashi and Macloutsie, claimed by Khama, Chief of the Bamaugwate, and Lo Bengulo, King of the Matabele, has been settled, and in whose favour the award has been given?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Baron H. de WORMS,) Liverpool, East ToxtethThe chiefs named have not agreed to submit their competing claims to this territory to the award of Her Majesty's Government, and its neutrality is therefore being maintained for the present under the police of the Protectorate.