§ MR. R. W. HANBURY (Preston)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, what is the salary of the Governor of the Cape and that of the High Commissioner for South Africa; whether the latter salary, as well as the ordinary salary of Governor, has recently been paid by the Cape Colony; and, whether the same arrangement is to be effected in the case of Sir Hercules Robinson, or whether due consideration 635 will be given to the interests of Natal and other British dependencies, which may possibly conflict with those of Cape Colony?
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONThe salary of the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope is £5,000 a year; that of the High Commissioner £3,000 a year—both from Cape funds and both permanently secured by Cape laws. In addition, it is proposed to pay Sir Hercules Robinson, as he was formerly paid, and as Sir Henry Loch has been, a sum of £1,000 a year from the Votes of Parliament. The arrangement by which the Cape Parliament pays the High Commissioner can hardly be called a recent one, as it dates back 30 years. The interests of Natal and other British dependencies always have been, and always will be, carefully considered by the High Commissioner in any matter in which they are involved.