Commander-in-Chief de Wet: "I also am satisfied."
Lord Milner: "I hope it is quite understood that if the matter is allowed to remain where it is, my Government will be under no obligation to treat the matter in any particular way."
Lord Kitchener: "But there is a pledge that the matter will be properly considered."
Lord Milner: "Yes, naturally; if we put anything down in writing. I am convinced that it is necessary to make it quite clear that this document must contain everything about which there is anything in the form of a pledge."
Lord Kitchener: "There is, then, a pledge that the point upon which you have touched will be considered in your interests."
General Smuts: "There still remains the question of the payment of receipts."
Lord Kitchener: "That will be placed before the Government. The sum is an essential point; I believe the amount to be considerable. I should now like to know that it is understood that we are agreed about all these draft proposals, including your amendments, and that there are no further questions to be brought forward—it is necessary to know this, as they would have to be telegraphed to England."
Commander-in-Chief de Wet: "We have no further points to raise."
Lord Milner: "The telegram that I shall despatch is as follows:
'The Commission is prepared to lay before their burgher meeting the following document (in the event of it being sanctioned by His Majesty's Government), and to ask of the meeting a "Yes" or "No."'