§ SIR MARK STEWART (Kirkcudbright)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has seen a copy of a letter addressed by Khama to the Native races and the Liquor Traffic United Committee protesting against refreshment rooms in which intoxicating liquors will be sold being opened on that portion of the railway which will pass through his territory; whether in the event of refreshment rooms being opened on the railway passing through Khama's territory, licences would be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors; and whether the granting of such licences is in contravention of the pledges given to Khama by Her Majesty's Government on the occasion of his visit to England in 1895?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI have seen the letter referred to. The question of granting licences for refreshment rooms on the railway, within Khama's territory has not yet been mooted and, when it is, I will consider it in the light of all the circumstances of the case including of course the promises made to Khama.