§ MR. J. M. ROBERTSON (Northumberland, Tyneside)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the number of persons arrested, detained, or placed in prison during the period Sir Duncan Mackenzie administered martial law in Zululand and the northern districts of Natal, and the number left in prison by Sir Duncan Mackenzie, and subsequently discharged by a magistrate, as reported in the official statement of the Under-Secretary.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Colonel SEELY,) Liverpool, AbercrombyThe 1087 Secretary of State is not in possession of this information but has asked the Governor of Natal by telegraph for the particulars desired by my hon. friend.