§ MR. MANSFIELDI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give an approximate date for the settlement of our claim for compensation in the Waima incident; and also will he state the amounts paid to the widows and relatives of the men who were killed, and say what proportion the amounts paid bear to the amounts claimed on their behalf.
§ * LORD CRANBORNEThe British claim for compensation in the Waima incident is still before the arbitrator, who, 40 under the terms of the Arbitration Convention must give his decision by July 17th next. Lieutenant Liston's family have been awarded from Army funds pensions amounting to £125 a year and gratuities amounting to £237 5s.; also from the Royal Bounty a sum of £100 and from the Colonial Services Vote £350. These latter amounts will be recoverable from any indemnity that may be paid by the French Government. Mrs. Lendy, the mother of Captain Lendy, and Mrs. Wroughton the mother of Lieutenant Wroughton, have each received a sum of £225 from the Colonial Services Vote which will likewise be recoverable from the French indemnity. The mother of Sergeant-Major James Carraher has been allotted a pension of 5s. a week by the Patriotic Fund. The last Question should, I think, not be answered whilst the arbitration is pending.