§ SIR BRAMPTON GURDON(Norfolk, N.): I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether His Majesty's Government, as legal successors to the assets of the late South African Republic, will take immediate steps to enforce payment of the indemnity which the Chartered Company of British South Africa undertook to pay on the release of the prisoners after the Jameson Raid, with interest for the last seven years; and will apply the same towards the expense of the late war.
§ MR. LYTTELTONI have to refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the House to a similar Question on 1st April, 1901†, by my predecessor.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal S.)Is it a fact that the late Colonial Secretary, in a despatch to Lord Rosmead in April, 1897, stated that the Chartered Company should be compelled to make good all compensation paid for injuries caused by the raid.
§ MR. LYTTELTONI have not had time to look up the documents. I must ask for longer notice.