§ MR. CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he can state the number of persons in the concentration camps in the Transvaal at the end of December, 1901, and at the end of January, 1902;and what number of women and children have now been removed from those camps to Natal and Cape Colony.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.I have asked for the information and hope in a few days to lay a third Blue-book on the table containing all the latest information, including the mortality during January, which I am glad to say has greatly decreased.