§ MR. WHITLEY (Halifax)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there exists a Convention, the terms of which have not yet been published, made by Lord Milner with the Portuguese authorities before the conclusion of the South African War, relating to import duties and railway rates on goods entering the Transvaal viâ Delagoa Bay; and, if so, will he lay a copy of the Convention upon the Table of the House, along with a comparative statement of the rates imposed on goods entering the Transvaal from Portuguese and British colonies respectively.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. LYTTELTON,) Warwick and LeamingtonI have already promised, in reply to a Question put to me yesterday by the hon. Member for East Perthshire, to lay the Convention. It was laid before the Transvaal Legislative Council in July last. With regard to a comparative statement of rates, I will communicate with Lord Milner.