§ MR. MACKARNESSI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Native Affairs Commission in Natal, which reported in July last, came to the conclusion that the existing system of native administration in Zululand indicated, on the part of the Natal Government, lack of knowledge, poverty of resource, and erroneous methods, and that the law applied to the natives exhibited a total disregard of native feelings and morals; whether anything has been done to remedy this state of things, except to impose martial law upon the natives; and whether the Secretary of State is aware of any other steps being taken to give effect to the recommendations made by the Commission.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe statements cited by my hon. friend in the first part of his Question are certainly sustained by some passages of the Report of the Natal Native Affairs Commission. The Natal Ministers have informed us that they have given effect to certain administrative measures designed to carry out in part the recommendations of the Report, and that they contemplate legislation of similar character. We are not, however, yet apprised of the specific measures adopted or contemplated, and the Natal Parliament does not meet until the 8th May.