§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is in a position to give the House any information as to the probable end of the war in the Transvaal.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMMy right hon. friend asks me to answer this question. I must, however, decline to prophesy.
§ MR. DALZIELDid not the hon. Gentleman say yesterday it would be over "in a few weeks"?
§ *MR. WYNDHAMI may have dropped that phrase. It would be my estimate, but then my estimate is not of any value.