§ MR. ELLIS (Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the total expenditure charged against the British Exchequer for land settlement schemes in the Transvaal up to the moment of responsible government being established there; and what was the number of cultivating settlers, of holdings, and the total acreage of land so occupied.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The expenditure on land settlement in the Transvaal has been charged against the proceeds of the guaranteed loan and not against the British Exchequer. No later statistics have been received than those which are printed at page 91 of Cd. 3028, of which Paper I am sending a conveniently-marked copy to my right hon. friend.