§ MR. ORR-EWING (Ayr Burghs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for 686 the Colonies whether any commissions will be offered in the infantry and Royal Artillery to New Zealand and Tasmania, and if it is intended to offer any commissions in the cavalry to any of the colonies.
§ MR. WYNDHAMTen Royal Artillery and twenty infantry commissions have been offered to New Zealand, and two Royal Artillery and five infantry commissions to Tasmania. No cavalry commissions are being offered to the colonies, because we have been led to believe that they would rarely be acceptable. But, as I have said, the proportions laid down will be subject to minor variations, and any suitable application from a colony for a cavalry in lieu of an infantry commission would be entertained.