§ MR. D. A. THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give separately the numbers of white men and Kaffirs employed in and about gold and coal mines respectively in the Transvaal in January, or at the last available date for which the figures are available.
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. LYTTELTON,) Warwick and LeamingtonIn November, the latest month for which I have complete Returns, the numbers were as follows:—Whites in gold mines 12,703, whites in coal mines 469, coloured in gold mines 65,552, coloured in coal mines 7,626, or a total, including metallurgical works, diamond mines, etc., of 13,419 white and 74,299 coloured.