§ MR. FIELDTo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government intend to recoup the Standard and other South African banks the amount of money lost to them by their following the advice of Lord Milner in refusing security for the commandeered specie.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) I refer the hon. Member to my reply on the 25th February last.† The circumstance to which he refers was not lost sight of.