§ SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the record of service of Dr. C. Lane Sansom in the Transvaal; what positions has he held during the last seven years; what 1130 pension or compensation has been granted him; and whether employment will be found for him in the Colonial service or in some Department of State in this country.
§ COLONEL SEELYDr. Sansom was appointed to be District Medical Officer of Health for the Witwatersrand on 16th November, 1901, at a salary which was latterly fixed at £1,200 a year, with a horse allowance of £180, and he held that appointment until recently. He was also medical officer of the Foreign Labour Department. I am not aware on what terms he left the Transvaal service, but the post was not pensionable. The Secretary of State has had a note made of Dr. Sansom's name, and it is hoped that some suitable opportunity may present itself of offering him some employment.