§ MR. THOMAS SHAW (Hawick Burghs)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the exact terms of the reference made to Colonel Owen Thomas, who was recently appointed to proceed to South Africa to report on the agricultural resources of the Trans vaal; whether Colonel Thomas's Report has been received and will be laid upon the Table of the House.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) Colonel Owen Thomas has received no 1369 appointment from Government to report on the agricultural resources of the Transvaal.