§ SIR MANCHERJEE BHOWNAGGREE (Bethnal Green, N. E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has received the Reports he had undertaken to call for from the local authorities relating to the treatment of certain British-Indian subjects in the Transvaal, and also with regard to the murder of a Mahomedan fruit seller at Durban in February last, and the trial of a person named Kennedy in connection with the death of a labourer at Ladysmith in March last, and, if so, will he state the contents of the Reports and place the Papers upon the Table of the House.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI have not yet received the Reports referred to, but they were asked for by despatch on 1st May.
§ SIR MANCHERJEE BHOWNAGGREEWhen does the right hon. Gentleman expect to hear from Lord Milner?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINRoughly speaking, it takes three weeks to send by mail, and I must allow some time for making inquiries.
§ SIR. MANCHERJEE BHOWNAGGREEIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the regulations laid down by the Boer Government are being enforced by the present Government. Will he send orders for the suspension of the regulations?
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThat is not the case. The law is not being enforced in all the vigour with which it was carried into effect by the Boers, and considerable modifications have been made.
§ SIR. MANCHEEJEE BHOWNAGGREEI will furnish the right hon. Gentleman with information to the effect I have stated.