§ MR. JOHNSON (Gateshead)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is yet able to give any information as to the extent and the cause of the outbreak of beri-beri among the Chinese coolies engaged for the Rand mines.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) I desire to answer at the same time a Question of which I have received private notice from the hon. Member for West Newington. I have not yet received the information for which I telegraphed to Lord Milner, and I regret, therefore, that I am unable to answer the hon. Member's inquiries. I telegraphed again on Saturday. The first telegram was "written on the 22nd, but owing to an accident did not leave the office until the 23rd.