§ SIR MANCHERJEE BHOWNAGGREETo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the despatch from Lord Milner relating to the question of the treatment of British Indian subjects in the African colonies has yet been 1442 received; and if he proposes to lay the same upon the Table of the House.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) Lord Milner's despatch, which I have received, deals with the treatment of British Indian subjects in the Transvaal. I am in communication with Lord Milner as to whether there is any objection to its publication.
§ SIR MANCHERJEE BHOWNAGGREETo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has yet received the Reports which he asked for by despatch of the 1st May from the local authorities relating to the ill-treatment of a number of British Indian subjects in the Transvaal, and to the deaths of a Mahometan fruit seller at Durban last February and of a labourer at Ladysmith last March; and, if so, will he state the contents of those Reports.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) The Reports referred to have been received, and will be communicated to the hon. Member.