§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state approximately the cost of the blockhouses which were erected in South Africa during the war; to whom have the blockhouses been sold, and at what price; were tenders invited; and, if so, how many tenders were received.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe blockhouses in the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies were taken over by Lord Milner at a valuation agreed upon by him with Lord Kitchener: the question of sale by open tender did not therefore arise. The accounts have not yet been forwarded to us. It is impossible, without a reference to South Africa, Which I am not prepared to make, to ascertain the cost of erection.