MR. HEDDEEWICK (Wick Burghs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Colonies whether his attention has been called to the report that the natives of Ashanti who have risen against us have been found to be armed with modern weapons of precision; and whether, if this report be well founded, he will cause inquiries to be made into the sources from which these weapons have been supplied.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe Governor reported OIL the 30th of April that in the fighting near Coomassie several Ashantis had arms of precision. I have no reason to believe that any large number of Ashantis are armed with "modern weapons of precision" or even "arms of precision," which term is generally used in West Africa to include all arms except flint-lock unrifled muskets.