§ Mr. GRANTasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the Government of South Africa, through the local Government. of Natal, granted in 1911 a concession for twenty-five years to tap and cut down all the Tirucalli rubber forests in Natal, covering some six or seven hundred square miles; that the concession was sold to an English company, which is reported to have spent large sums of money in exploiting these forests; and that, as a result, the natives, the original owners of these lands, cannot legally, under the terms of the lease so granted, cut down any of the euphorbia trees, and consequently are prevented from extend- 2068W Ins their farming operation; and if he will take any steps in the matter in the interest of the natives?