HC Deb 07 June 1894 vol 25 cc582-3
MR. KNOX

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Mr. Vintcent, one of three members of the recent Bechuanaland Commission, was legal adviser to the Chartered Company in Bechuanaland, and has since been appointed to a judicial position in the Company's territory; and when the Report of the Commission will be published?

MR. S. BUXTON

As regards the first part of the question, Mr. Vintcent has not acted as legal adviser to the Chartered Company since 1891. As regards the second part of the question, Mr. Vintcent will, we understand, be nominated as Judge under the Matabeleland and Mashonaland Settlement. As regards the last part of the question, the Report of the Concessions Commission is not suitable for publication; but the effect of the Secretary of State's decision on the various claims (which he hopes to complete shortly) will, of course, be made known to the various claimants.

MR. KNOX

Was Mr. Vintceut appointed a member of the Commission in 1891, the year in which he was also acting as legal adviser to the Chartered Company?

MR. S. BUXTON

I think the Commission was appointed in 1892.