§ MR. M'KENNA (Monmouthshire, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state the revenue and expenditure of Cape Colony for the year ending 30th June, 1900, the estimated revenue and expenditure for the year ending 30th June, 1901; and whether any additional taxation has been imposed in Cape Colony in consequence of the war.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe revenue for the year ending 30th June, 1900, was £6,369,000, the expenditure £6,684,000. The Estimates for the year 1138 ending 30th June, 1901, were, revenue £7,852,000, expenditure, £7,225,000, which included a deficit of £69,000 brought forward. No additional taxation has yet been imposed, but the Cape Assembly has not met since October last.