§ MR. KEIR HARDIE (Merthyr Tydvil)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can state whether the Claims Lottery advertised in the Pretoria Gazette of 5th April, 1899, by virtue of Article 35 of the Gold Law (Law 15, 1898), and for which some 30,000 applications were made by persons to whom certificates were issued, is to be carried out.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) The Transvaal Government Gazette of the 6th February last published a notification that this lottery will not be carried out.