§ MR. DILLONI beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the prison camps at Howick, in South Africa, an account is kept of all rations and clothing issued to each individual in the camp and debited against them; whether the same system is carried out in the other camps throughout South Africa; whether in keeping these accounts any allowance is made for the property of the individuals which has been destroyed or confiscated by the British troops, and whether any distinction is made between voluntary refugees and prisoners who have been brought to the camp by force and are detained there against their will.
LORD STANLEYLord Kitchener's Report on the refugee camps in Natal has not yet arrived, so that I am not in a position to answer the question. I apprehend that the Report refers to the usual ration returns which are kept in every Government establishment where rations are issued.