HC Deb 09 May 1904 vol 134 cc749-50
SIR HENRY FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the amount paid in commission to the Crown Agents for goods purchased by them for South Africa during the last four years.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) I have been furnished with the following statement:—

Stores. Commission.
South Africa. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1900.
Transvaal 6 9 8 1 3
1901.
Transvaal 25,039 0 0 250 7 8
South African Constabulary 27,550 0 0 275 10 1
Orange River Colony 2,788 0 0 27 17 7
55,377 0 0 553 15 4
1902.
Transvaal 136,785 0 0 1,367 16 11
South African Constabulary 53,549 0 0 535 9 11
Central South African Railways 131,096 0 0 1,310 19 1
Concentration Camps 35,796 0 0 357 19 1
Orange Rive Colony 6,715 0 0 67 2 10
363,941 0 0 3,639 7 10
1903.
Transvaal 237,322 0 0 2,373 3 2
South African Constabulary 62,830 0 0 628 5 7
Central South African Railways 1,588,594 0 0 15,885 17 4
Orange River Colony 22,116 0 0 221 2 10
1,910,862 0 0 19,108 8 11