§ MR. WEIR () Ross and CromartyTo ask the Postmaster General, as representing the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the fact that in the case of loans to the Boers two-thirds of such loans are made in kind, will he explain why oxen and mules which are thus handed over to the farmers are not subjected to a veterinary examination before they pass out of the hands of the Government.
(Answered Mr. Austen Chamberlain, for the Secretary of State for the Colonics.) I have nothing to add to the explanation given to the hon. Member in reply to his Question of the 6th November, except that no complaints of the arrangements under which stock is being transferred to the Boers have been received.