HC Deb 04 March 1897 vol 46 cc1585-6
GENERAL RUSSELL (Cheltenham)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is in a position to state to the House the exact amount of the claim made by the Government of the South African Republic on account of moral and intellectual damage; and whether he has received any details of these and the other claims; and, if not, whether, before seriously considering them, he will obtain such a detailed and classified statement, and will lay it upon the Table of the House?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.

I have no information beyond what I gave to the House on February 18, except a telegram from Lord Rosmead dated February 25, giving the Dutch words used for "moral and intellectual damage," in what Lord Rosmead calls the "additional claim for £1,000,000."