§ MR. TREVELYAN (Yorkshire, W.R., Elland)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will publish a monthly or quarterly Return of the mortality in the South African mines, distinguishing between white, yellow, and black labourers, and the causes of death, whether accidental or otherwise.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) I will ask Lord Milner if I can be supplied with such a Return quarterly in a convenient form for publication.
§ MR. TREVELYANTo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in connection with the South African Mines (Mortality) Return, No. 205, he can complete the information ordered in the Return, by stating the mortality among white miners, artisans, and labourers on the Rand, and the nativos in the Rhode-I sian mines; and whether he can issue the 463 chief figures obtained in some conveniently tabulated form, so that the rates of mortality may be easily compared.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) I have not yet received the information as to white miners, etc., on the Rand, but figures as to natives in Rhodesian mines are given at page 3. As soon as the statistics are complete the whole will be issued in tabular form.