§ MR. DILLONI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will lay upon the Table of the House a detailed statement of the revenue for the last financial year, and the estimated revenue for the current financial year of the newly annexed territories in South Africa, distinguishing those portions of the revenue which are due to the expenditure of money voted by the House of Commons.
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHI expect that before the end of the Session we shall be in a position to give detailed statements on this matter, but they are not available at present, as the financial year of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony begins on July 1st, so that the accounts for this year cannot be yet completed. The only part of the revenue derived from money voted by the House of Commons would arise from such part of the grant-in-aid of last July for £1,500,000, as may be required to make up any deficiency in the local revenue. The importations of stores for military or public purposes appear to be free from Customs duties—and any Railway receipts are taken by the military who work the lines.