§ MR. H. L. LAWSON (Gloucester, Cirencester)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, under the grant by Order in Council of responsible government to the Colony of Natal, any change will be made in the relations between Natal and Zululand, and what powers the Ministers responsible to the Natal Legislature will have over the Zulus; and whether the Governor of Natal will exercise an independent authority in Native affairs?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarMy hon. Friend will see from the Natal Papers recently laid before the House of Commons (they were distributed on the 17th), that the Bill which was approved by Her Majesty's late Government, and which has now been passed by the Colonial Legislature, does not affect Zululand, which is a Crown Colony entirely distinct from Natal in its constitution. He will also see from the same Paper that that Bill does not contemplate any change in the present position and powers of the Governor as Supreme Chief of the Natives.