§ MR. MANSFIELDI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will grant a Return showing the names of the various companies interested in gold mining in South Africa, the capital of those companies, and the; amount of dividends paid for each year during the last five years, together with the number of persons employed, showing separately the number of British, foreign, and native persons employed.
§ MR. LYTTELTONI have not in my possession the information necessary for the preparation of such a Return, much of which is not of a nature to come before Government. It would probably be impossible to collect now all the information
† See (4) Debates,, xcii, 329.745 asked for in the last part of the Question. I am not, therefore, prepared to grant the Return.