HC Deb 23 May 1901 vol 94 c956
MR. MOSS (Denbighshire, E.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can furnish to the House the quantity of gold produced in the Transvaal for the years 1897, 1898, and 1899 respectively.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.

For 1897 the total gold output of the Transvaal was valued at £11,653,000. For 1898 the total output was valued at £16,044,000. For the first nine months of 1899 the total output was about fourteen and a half million pounds in value.