§ MR. CHANNINGI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can give the numbers of Germans, Hollanders, Frenchmen, Danes, and Italians respectively removed from the Transvaal by order of the British authorities; whether complaints and claims for compensation have been made either by the individuals so removed, or by their respective Governments; and, if so, what reply has been made; and, whether, on the settlement of the country, permission will be given to those who have been thus compelled to abandon business connections or property to resume their rights and avocations.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe total numbers of aliens deported from South Africa amount to 4,386; it is not possible at so short notice to give the nationalities in detail. A Commission formed of British military officers and civilians will be appointed to consider and report on claims for compensation. The question of allowing the return of any individual who has been expelled will be considered on its merits when the refugees who were compelled to leave the Transvaal on the outbreak of the war have been able to return.