§ DR. MACNAMARA (Camberwell, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the evidence, at the inquest, on June 22nd, on the body of a white miner named Bradley, of Mr. Stewart, late compound manager to the Croesus Mine, to the effect that he had in many cases flogged Chinese coolies, that he knew it was against the 185 law, but that he, Stewart, had done it; and whether, seeing that the pledge of the Colonial Secretary to the Chinese Minister, of February 15th, 1904, that corporal punishment should not be inflicted upon Chinese coolies by any employer or his servant, has not been respected, he will say what steps he proposes to take to secure the fulfilment of this pledge.
§ MR. LYTTELTONIn my Answer to the hon. Member on Tuesday† last, I referred to this evidence, but I attach even more weight to the information given to me by the hon. Member for Morpeth. I have only to make the following addition to my Answer of Tuesday last—Lord Selborne has from the first given close personal attention to the labour conditions on the Rand. He is fully seised of the facts to which I have adverted and to which I have drawn his special attention, and I am satisfied that he will take all necessary measures to prevent their recurrence.