§ * MR. T. HART DAVIES (Hackney, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War what progress has been made with the official history of the late South African War; when it is expected that any portion of it will be issued; and what are the causes which have led to the delay in publishing it.
§ MR. HALDANEConsiderable progress has been made with this work. The first volume will probably be out by midsummer, and it is expected that the second and third volumes will be out about the end of the year, and the concluding volume in 1907. I have pushed the matter on. Accordingly, the hope held out to the House in 1904† that the book would be completed within throe years time will thus, as far as can be foreseen, be realised.