§ MR. CHANNING (Northamptonshire, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for 276 the Colonies, whether the charges made, under the proclamation of 15th August 1901, for the cost of maintenance of wives and children in the concentration camps against burghers on commando who did not surrender before 15th September have now been cancelled; and whether in the cases of the farms sold under the proclamation to make good those charges, steps have been or will now be taken to reinstate in these farms the burghers whoso farms were thus sold.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) No steps have been taken to recover the cost of maintenance since the conclusion of peace. Farms which were being advertised for sale when the terms of surrender were signed were withdrawn by notice published on 6th June. No other action has been taken in the matter, but a report from Lord Milner is now on the way home.