§ MR. J. M. ROBERTSON (Northumberland, Tyneside)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the sentences passed upon fifty-four British Indians domiciled in the Transvaal for having returned without first having applied for registration have been quashed upon appeal to the Supreme Court of the Colony; whether a number of other British Indians are actually undergoing hard labour sentences for doing exactly the same thing; and whether the Secretary of State will make representations in the matter of their release, compensation for wrongful imprisonment, and their admission into the Colony.
§ COLONEL SEELYThe attention of the Secretary of State has been drawn to a Press report of a judgment of the Supreme Court of the Colony, the exact effect of which is not clear. He has telegraphed to the Governor for further information, and pending his reply I regret that I am not in a position to make any statement.