§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether a Minute by 1376 the Cape Ministers on the subject of a telegram addressed by the Prime Minister of Cape Colony to the resident magistrates and field cornets denying a statement respecting the contemplated suspension of the Cape Constitution, and forwarded by Lord Milner to the Colonial Secretary in a letter, dated 7th November, 1899, and received at the Colonial Office 5th December, 1899, still holds good; and, if not, will he say what is the reason for departure from the terms of Lord Milner's proclamation, dated 23rd November, 1899, that the inhabitants of Cape Colony would not be deprived of their constitutional rights.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINAs far as I am aware, the present Cape Government adhere to the terms of the minute of their predecessors. There has been no departure from the terms of Lord Milner's proclamation.