§ SIR ROBERT HERMON-HODGE (Oxfordshire, Henley)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government intend to take over the bonds of the Northern Railway of the South African Republic, as recommended by the Transvaal Concessions Commission; and if so, at what date.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) I am not yet prepared to make a definite statement on this subject pending the conclusion of certain litigation now proceeding in this country.