§ * SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether Her Majesty's Government will now propose to the Transvaal Government an exchange of British and Boer prisoners of war.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.I do not think the time has come when any useful negotiations on this subject can be entered into with the Boer Government.