§ SIR H. COTTON (Nottinghamshire, E.)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can state the number of British Indians in the Transvaal who had submitted themselves for registration under the Asiatic Law Amendment (Registration) Act up to 31st December, 1907.
§ MR. CHURCHILLI would refer the hon. Member to page 61 of Cd. 3887 showing that 409 applications to register had been received up to 11th November. No later figures have been received.
§ SIR H. COTTONI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 513 if he can state the number of British Indians who are known to have entered the Transvaal without a permit, or with permits alleged to be false, during the years 1906 and 1907.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe information on this subject in the possession of His Majesty's Government is included in the Blue-book, Cd. 3887, pages 14–21. In a speech of the Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal at Pretoria on 4th January, it is stated that during the last five years there have been 1,500 prosecutions of Indians for the offences mentioned by the hon. Member.