§ MR. KEIR HARDIE (Merthyr Tydvil)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will state by whose authority the military authorities in the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies charge 6d. each time they issue a permit to members of burghers' families, either 928 to leave their farms or to bring food from the towns; and can he state how the proceeds of the sums derived from these fees for permits are employed.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (LORD STANLEY,) Lancashire, WesthoughtonI have no information on the subject of the Question.
§ MR. KEIR HARDIEHave any inquiries been made? This custom is productive of considerable embarrassment to the people. It ought to be stopped if it is not legal.
§ LORD STANLEYNo, Sir.