§ MR. WHITLEYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has any official information that on 19th November last it was stated to the Chamber of Mines in Johannesburg that the Transvaal Government had offered a thousand native convicts for the mines; if so, was the offer accepted, and what is the total number of convicts so employed.
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. LYTTELTON,) Warwick and LeamingtonI have received no official information on the subject.
§ MR. WHITLEYWill the right hon. Gentleman make inquires in South Africa? I can give him information.
§ MR. LYTTELTONYes, Sir.