§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the number of British settlers who have taken up land in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony under the Land Settlement Ordinances; and what percentage of these are ex-troopers who served with the British colours in the late war.
THE-UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHURCHILL,) Manchester, N. W.In the Transvaal the number of settlers is 588, of whom 418 took part in the late war. In the Orange River Colony there are 627 British heads of families, 90 per cent. of whom served in the war.