§ MR. A. C. MORTON (Peterborough)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the copy of the Register of the British South Africa Company, which is shortly to be laid upon the Table, is a complete copy of the entire Register, showing all the transfers which have taken place since the formation of the Company; and by whom the copy is being prepared?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. S. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarThe Return referred to will comprise the list of original shareholders in the British South Africa Company, including the members of the African Lakes Company, to all of whom shares were allotted under the agreement for the absorption of that Company by the Chartered Company; a list of the present shareholders in the Company made up to the 3rd of November last; and lists of the original and present shareholders in the United Concessions and Exploring Companies. The Returns are very voluminous. The list was copied by the Company from their Share Registers.