HC Deb 29 March 1898 vol 55 c1240
MR. THOMAS BAYLEY (Derbyshire, Chesterfield)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that in 1890 and 1891 concessions, which have since been acquired by the North Charterland Exploration Company, under the British South Africa Company, were obtained from the chief Mpeseni and ten subordinate chiefs in Angoniland in return for which they were to receive annual payments amounting to £860 for ninety-nine years; whether it is correctly stated that the payments have not been made, and that the recent disturbances in Angoniland are partly consequent thereon; and Whether he will inquire into these statements and take them into consideration in deciding the treatment to be accorded to Mpeseni and others for their alleged rebellion?

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

This Question has been addressed to me by mistake. It should be put to the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Perhaps the hon. Member will put it another day.