§ MR. MANSFIELD (Lincolnshire, Spalding)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will cause a Return to be prepared and issued during the present Session, giving details and totals of the various financial and fiscal measures taken to maintain the war in South Africa, both before and after October 1899, and to include the expenses after the cessation of hostilities, with a view to showing the cost of the war up to the establishment of a normal state of affairs in South Africa.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF the EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.All the information that could at present be given is included in the Return moved for by the hon. Member for the Poplar Division, in my revised Budget statement and in the revised statement of Army Expenditure recently circulated. If the hon. Member will communicate with me on the subject later on in the session I will consider whether any further details can then be supplied.