HC Deb 30 July 1907 vol 179 cc746-7
MR. WHITBREAD (Huntingdonshire, Huntingdon)

To ask the Secretary of State for War what military barracks, hospitals, and cantonments have been erected since the war in the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies; where they are situated and what has been the total expenditure in respect of them at each place; what is the amount of accommodation at each of them and the number of troops now in occupation at each place; and to what use it is proposed to appropriate these institutions in the future.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.)The information is as follows:— It is proposed to appropriate these institutions

Station. Accommodation. Occupation. Cost.
Officers. Men. Officers. Men.
Transvaal:
£
Pretoria 139 3,749 136 3,350 732,100
Potchefstroom 108 2,674 72 1,836 344,000
Middleburg* 54 2,440 20 467 248,000
Barberton* † 24 530 Nil Nil 10,789
Standerton 65 1,784 52 1,408 248,000
Pietersburg*† 12 294 Nil Nil 20,206
Orange River Colony:
Bloemfontein 145 4,250 94 2,521 561,200
Harrismith 65 1,787 48 1,354 253,200
* In these cases buildings have been or are being transferred elsewhere on reduction of garrison.
† In these cases buildings have been sold.