§ Mr. MANDERasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the present position with regard to the concession for minerals held by the Chartered Company 1519W in the Bechuanaland Protectorate; whether the Bamangwato tribe have recently had another new offer made to them; and, if so, what decision has been come to in the matter?
Mr. THOMASI have been asked to reply to this question. As explained in the reply given by my hon. Friend the Tinder-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, in answer to a number of questions addressed to him on this subject on 19th February last, there has been discussion recently as to the grant of a revised concession to the British South Africa Company in substitution for that granted by Chief Khama in 1893. Information has, however, now been received that the Bamangwato tribe have decided to give the British South Africa Company formal notice of the termination of the 1893 concession.