§ MR. JOHN MORLEY (Montrose Burghs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now tell us when he will produce the Report of Sir Richard Martin. I understand it has already been presented to the Committee on South Africa, because I see a reference to it in the newspapers.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe Report of Sir Richard Martin has been produced and laid before the Committee on South Africa in accordance with a promise I gave to some of the Members. I think it is rather unusual to produce prematurely Papers which form part of the material on which a Committee of this kind has to decide, but if my right hon. Friend desires that the matter should be further considered, I shall be glad to do so. Meanwhile I may add that the representatives of the Chartered Company have complained of some statements in Sir Richard Martin's Report which they assert to be inaccurate, and they have asked me to present a counter-statement as soon as they hear from their authorities, and, further, they ask that their statement should be presented at the same time as that of Sir Richard Martin. That, I think, is a fair request, and, even if the Report is laid on the 956 Table, I think it desirable to wait until the reply of the Chartered Company can be presented at the same time.