§ SIR JAMES WOODHOUSE (Huddersfield)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether any commission or remuneration was paid or agreed to be paid to the Agents-General of the Colonies or other and what persons, in respect of orders for the supply of stores to the War Office for South Africa; and, if so, what are the particulars.
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERNo commission or remuneration of any sort was paid by the War Office to the Agents-General or any persons in respect of orders placed with the Colonies by the War Office for supplies to South Africa.
§ DR. MACNAMARAWas any commission paid by the contractors to the Agents-General?
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERI cannot say.