§ LORD CHARLES BERESFORDTo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, what action has been taken, or will be taken, in reference to payments of claims for compensation for losses sustained by the abstraction of goods commandeered in the Transvaal Colony during the late war; and whether he will give the information required, both as to goods commandeered by the Boer forces, and goods commandeered by our own Military authorities.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) Claims for goods requisitioned by our Military authorities are being dealt with by Claims Boards appointed by the Commander in Chief of the Forces in South Africa. Commissioners are in course of being appointed to investigate claims for goods commandeered by the Boor forces.