§ MR. J. RAMSAY MACDONALD (Leicester)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the evidence upon which the Natal natives were condemned to death by a court martial has been received at the Colonial Office, and whether he proposes to lay it upon the Table of the House.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHURCHILL,) Manchester, N. W.The evidence has been transmitted to the Secretary of State by the Governor, and Lord Elgin will ask him by telegraph whether there is any objection on the part of the Government of Natal to its publication.