§ MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSE (Bristol, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the number of Volunteer soldiers, as distinct from Regulars, who have been killed or died in consequence of the South African War.
LORD STANLEYThe information cannot be obtained without an exhaustive examination of all the casualty Returns. I cannot at the present moment undertake to throw this labour on the department concerned.