§ MR. KNOXI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether any Treasury Minute has been made approving of the terms of the contract relating to the Bechuanaland Railway which has been laid before the House; and whether the House will have an opportunty of discussing this question before the Minute is made?
§ * SIR J. T. HIBBERTThe Treasury Minute has been prepared, and I am today laying a copy on the Table. The 451 contract, however, will not be binding until 30 days after the 3rd August, the day on which it was presented to Parliament.