§ MR. BLACK (Banffshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether any recent despatch has been received from Lord Kitchener estimating the number of Boers still in the field; if so, will he lay it upon the Table; if not, upon what data are they estimated by the Government to consist of 17,000 men.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe information is based on the Field Intelligence Reports, which are never published.