§ MR. HICKS BEACH (Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury)I beg to ask the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies how many voters were disfranchised in Cape Colony after the war, and when these electors will regain their votes.
§ MR. CHURCHILLAccording to a Cape official Return, printed in 1904, the number of persons disqualified from voting at Parliamentary elections owing to convictions for treason in ten districts principally affected by rebellion was 7,072. The sentence in the case of ordinary rebels was for five years. The next biennial registration takes place in 1907, and it is understood that the number of those who will not be able to be placed on the register then is inconsiderable.