§ SIR J. DICKSON-POYNDER (Wiltshire, Chippenham)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state how many Boers have emigrated to Argentina or other countries over sea since the termination of the war; how many have gone to German East Africa; and whether, or to what extent, this emigration is still going on.
§ MR. CHURCHILLWe have no accurate information as regards Argentina, and no information at all as regards other countries, but it is estimated that not more than 300 have gone to Argentina. I may add that twenty Boer families have recently migrated from German territory and have applied for land in the British East Africa Protectorate. They have thus voluntarily returned to British rule after having traversed the African continent to escape from it.