MR, JOHN ELLIS (Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can say when he expects to be in a position to lay upon the Table Papers respecting the communications which have been recently passing between Her Majesty's Government and the Cape Ministries as to the policy to be pursued as regards those charged with acts of rebellion, and particularly whether the Minute of the Schreiner Ministry upon the subject will be included in the Papers.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.I am not in a position to say. I am in communication with the present Cape Ministers on the subject.