§ MR. BAINBRIDGEI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether a number of transport wagons have been sent out to the Cape and have proved to be so unsuited to South African requirements as to cause General Buller to report that the whole were unfit for service.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMNo, Sir; no such report has been received from General Buller. The only complaint was in respect of the fitness of the brakes in the first consignment for South African service; this defect was remedied locally, and the necessary alteration has been made in all subsequent consignments.