§ MR. JOHN ELLIS () Nottinghamshire, RushcliffeI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any communications have passed between the High Commissioner and the owners of the Witwatersrand gold mines as to the grievous mortality among the Kaffirs working underground; and whether he will lay Papers on the subject upon the Table.
§ MR. LYTTELTONI am in communication with Lord Milner on this subject, to the importance of which he is fully alive. I am not in a position to lay Papers at present.