§ MR. ALFRED DAVIES (Carmarthen Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if he will state in detail the amounts of revenue of and 453 ordinary expenditure in the Transvaal and Orange River territories for the whole year, 1901, or, failing that, for the part of that year he has received the Returns; and will he also state the amount received from the gold mining companies in the Transvaal by direct taxation, and the value of the yield of gold during such period.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.I regret that I am not able to give the hon. Member the figures for the whole year 1901. The financial years for the two Colonies end on 30th June, and he will find the information up to 30th June, 1901, on page 106 and page 121 of the Blue-book just issued, Code 903, which includes the Mining Revenue. At pages 191 and 137 of the same Blue-book he will find some information as to the figures for subsequent months, and I have learnt by telegram that the Transvaal Revenue for November and December was £95,491, £97,943 respectively, and that the output of gold for November was 39,075 ounces and for December 52,897 ounces, but I have no further information.