§ MR. ALFRED DAVIESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Chartered Company have given notice of, and are pressing for, or have renounced a claim against the British Government, in view of the statement of Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House on 13th December, 1900, that for every pound fairly due in consequence of the Jameson raid from the Chartered Company to the late Transvaal Government, at least £5 is probably due to the company from the late Transvaal Government in consequence of the war entered into by that Government against this country.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINNo claim has been presented.
§ MR. ALFRED DAVIESIs there a prospect of any claim?
§ [No answer was returned.]