§ Mr. KEBTY-FLETCHERasked the Secretary of State for War what are the rents charged to officers for bungalows on Roberts' Heights, Pretoria; and if such rents are based on the cost of construction, which was extremely high owing to the war?
§ Colonel SEELYThe rents charged are £100 and £95. There are also bungalows at £145, but none of them are at present let to officers. These rents cover repairs of all kinds, insurance, water supply, and sanitary services. The cost of construction was, of course, taken into account in fixing them, but it was recognised that it was high, and the rents were put at the lowest figure to cover expenditure, with no charge for land and no element of profit whatever.