§ MR. LEVY (Leicestershire, Loughborough)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the rector of Thaba'nchu has stated that, upon the visit of inspection by the Governor, all able-bodied men not at that moment employed have been sent away to work in various places at the discretion of their captors; and what steps he proposes to take to prevent a system of forced, labour and slavery being set up in British South Africa.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) My attention has been drawn to a letter which appeared in the Press on the 17th instant, signed by the rector of Thaba'nchu, and inquiry will be made with regard to it. In reply to the second Question, I would refer to my remarks last Thursday. †