§ MR. BRYCE () Aberdeen, S.To ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House the substance of any recent Reports received from His Majesty's Consular Officers in Macedonia regarding the Condition of affairs there; whether it is proposed to present to Parliament Papers on the subject; and, if so, when those Papers will be presented.
((Answered by Lord Cranborne) According to the latest reports from His Majesty's Consular Officers in Macedonia, tranquility seems for the time to have been restored. Small isolated bands of revolutionists are, however, still endeavouring to create disturbances in the more inaccessible parts of the country. His Majesty's Government are considering whether Papers in regard to the affairs of Macedonia can with advantage be presented to Parliament.
1203 South Africa—Transfer of Blockhouses from Military to Civil Authorities.
§ Mr. WEIRTo ask the Postmaster General, as representing the Secretary of state for the Colonies, in view of the fact that the blockhouses in the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies were taken over by Lord Milner at a valuation agreed upon by him with Lord Kitchener, will he quote the amount of that valuation; and to whom the blockhouses have since been sold, and at what price.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain, for the Secretary of State for the Colonies.) It is understood that these blockhouses were taken over by Lord Milner for a Lump sum of £50,000, and that they are on sale to the inhabitants of the districts at prices varying according to size.
Pretoria Field Force Canteen.