§ SIR BRAMPTON GURDON (Norfolk, N.)I bog to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the indemnity which the Chartered Company of British South Africa undertook to pay on the release of the prisoners after the Jameson Raid has become the property of this country by right of conquest; and, if so, whether immediate steps will be taken to claim a reasonable sum from the Chartered Company on account of the said indemnity, with interest for the last four years, and to apply the same towards the expenses of the present war.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe claim to the indemnity would remain that of the Transvaal Government. It is premature to say now what action may be taken by Her Majesty's Government in the matter hereafter.