SIR GILBERT PARKERI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Natal has asked the Imperial authorities to refund Natal's contribution of £700,000 to the expenses of the late war; whether the Government has waived its claim to the Transvaal's promised war contribution of £30,000,000; and whether Natal has asked for the payment of the sum of £520,000 for rents and harbour dues incurred by the Imperial Government during the war, which were remitted by Natal, although similar charges were paid in neighbouring Colonies.