§ MR. CREMER (Shoreditch, Haggerston)I wish to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the total 419 cost of the war in South Africa from the time of the Boer ultimatum to 31st March of the present year, distinguishing between the amount paid out of general taxation and the amount raised by way of loan and added to the National Debt.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (SIR M. HICKS BEACH, Bristol, W.)The hon. Member will find the information in the Return entitled "Wars in South Africa and China" (House of Commons Paper 155), just issued.
§ MR. CREMERMay I be allowed to explain that this Question had been on the Notice Paper some days before the Return referred to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was issued?