§ MR. THOMAS BAYLEY () Derbyshire, ChesterfieldTo ask the Postmaster General, as representing the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether his attention has been directed to a petition from British Indian subjects residing in the Transvaal, appealing against the special disabilities and restrictions there imposed upon them, which was forwarded to Lord Milner on 6th November; and whether the prayer of the petitioners that evidence on their behalf may be submitted by counsel before any ordinance continuing such disabilities receives the sanction of the Crown, will be favourably entertained.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain, for the Secretary of State for the Colonics.) The petition has not yet been received at the Colonial Office.