SIR CHRISTOPHER FTJRNESS (Hartlepool)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state when His Majesty's Government propose to demand payment of the indemnity due from the Chartered Company to the late Transvaal Republic; whether the Government have paid £83,000 to the De Beers Company during the siege of Kimberley; whether the De Beers Company have since made a further claim for £54,000, or any other sum; and, if so, whether the particulars of these claims will be laid upon the Table of the House.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.In reply to the first
§ intermediate ports of call; the number of troops and horses or mules carried on each occasion, the number of horses or mules lost on voyage, vessels provided with new pattern fittings, vessels provided with old pattern fittings, vessels provided with slings for each horse or mule, vessels not so provided; and the time occupied by each vessel in making the voyage, in the following form:—
§ part of the question I must refer the hon. Baronet to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for the Carmarthen Boroughs on the 1st of April, † The second question should have been addressed to the Secretary of State for War, who informs me that a telegram has been received from the general officer commanding lines of communication stating that no payment has been made to the De Beers Company, but that claims from that company amounting to about £54,000 are under consideration. The particulars of these claims not having been received, it is impossible to say whether it will be desirable to lay them on the Table of the House.