§ SIR H. MEYSEY-THOMPSON (Staffordshire, Handsworth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War how many of those captured or who have surrendered since the beginning of this year are inhabitants of the Transvaal or the Orange Free State, how many are inhabitants of Cape Colony or Natal, and how many are Europeans or other foreigners to South Africa.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. BRODRICK, Surrey, Guildford)There are no statistics at present available to enable me to give the required information. The Colonial authorities are taking steps to obtain them, but difficulties have arisen from the unwillingness of some of the prisoners to give the information.