§ MR. BAINBRIDGEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether he can state the quantity of arms of all descriptions which have been taken from the Boers since the commencement of hostilities; and whether the Commander-in-Chief has been asked to report at the conclusion of the war as to the number of Boer guns which may then be unaccounted for.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMWe have no information of the total number of rifles captured. We have no conclusive information as to the number of guns captured. In regard to the second paragraph, the matter may be left to the discretion of the Commander-in-Chief in South Africa.