§ MR. THOMAS BAYLEYI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he could state to the House how many coolies have been imported from,1 India for the Uganda railway works; how many are now employed on the line, how many have returned to India, and from what cause, and how many have died during the progress of the works; and whether there are any hospital returns available showing the amount of sickness and mortality among: the workmen on the railway?
§ MR. BRODRICKThe number of coolies imported from India has been 14,283. The latest return, that for the month of December last, gives the total number now employed as 12,019; 769 have returned to India on expiration of agreement, 1,015 have been invalided, 480 have died on works. The above figures are an index to the sickness and mortality, and hospital returns are furnished to the Foreign Office.