§ MR. HENRY LABOUCHERE, (Northampton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he has any further imformation in regard to the knowledge possessed by Mr. Rhodes of the contemplated raid into the Transvaal before that raid took place since the publication of the "ciphered telegrams." Whether, since these telegrams have been made public, the Directors have had under their consideration the acceptance of the resignation of Mr. Rhodes as Managing Director of the 1555 Chartered Company of South Africa, and whether they have come to any decision in this matter; and, whether, Herr Beit is still a Director of the Company, and whether he has furnished any explanation of the "cyphered telegrams," in so far as he was connected with them, to the Board of the Company.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN Birmingham, West)I am in communication with the Company, and I shall be much obliged to the right hon. Gentleman if he will postpone his question for a week.