§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is a fact that a special tax of £25 a year has been placed upon non-Boer barristers practising in the Transvaal; and whether such tax is in accordance with the Conventions of 1881 and 1884?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIESThe licence of £25 appears to have been in existence for many years, and, so far as I am aware, there is no differential treatment of foreigners.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTDo I understand that this tax is placed on Boers as well as Uitlanders?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIESYes, Sir.