§ MR. CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state on what basis a calculation has been made to determine the contributions to be paid by Boers who remained in the field after 15th September, 1901, in respect of the maintenance of their families in the concentration camps; whether they are being called upon to provide the 1249 whole, or what portion of the cost of the rations supplied to their families in the camps, or are also called upon to provide a proportionate amount of the whole expenditure of the camps; and whether any regularly drawn up accounts for these charges have been sent to these Boers; and, if so, in what form.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.Calculations have been made on the basis of charging the head of the family with the cost of rations and a proportionate amount of the whole expenditure of the camps. No such accounts have been sent to Boers in the field.