§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the monthly output of gold in the Transvaal (in ounces and in pounds sterling) on the following dates; each month of 1897 separately and of each month of 1898 separately; what was the number of Kaffirs employed in the Transvaal mines in January and in July respectively of 1897, and in January and in July of 1898; and what was the number of Kaffirs similarly employed in each of the months from July, 1903, to December, 1903, inclusive.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.)
| Witwatersrand Gold Mines. | |||
| Value. | |||
| ozs. | dwts. | £ | |
| 1897— | |||
| January | 209,832 | 1 | 728,138 |
| February | 211,000 | 13 | 728,498 |
| March | 232,066 | 19 | 805,032 |
| April | 235,698 | 19 | 821,912 |
| May | 248,305 | 8 | 867,844 |
| June | 251,529 | 6 | 877,834 |
| July | 242,478 | 16 | 845,458 |
| August | 259,603 | 1 | 904,681 |
| September | 262,151 | 0 | 917,082 |
| October | 274,175 | 9 | 960,010 |
| November | 297,124 | 10 | 1,041,903 |
| December | 310,712 | 9 | 1,085,224 |
| Total | 3,034,678 | 11 | 10,583,616 |
| Other Districts | 255,041 | 11 | 4,892,644 |
| Total Transvaal | 3,289,720 | 2 | 11,476,260 |
| Witwatersrand Gold Mines. | |||
| Value. | |||
| ozs. | dwts. | £ | |
| 1898— | |||
| January | 313,826 | 13 | 1,096,859 |
| February | 297,975 | 17 | 1,042,572 |
| March | 325,907 | 19 | 1,140,611 |
| April | 335,125 | 3 | 1,177,293 |
| May | 344,160 | 10 | 1,211,765 |
| June. | 344,670 | 13 | 1,211,673 |
| July | 359,343 | 17 | 1,264,833 |
| August | 376,911 | 19 | 1,330,666 |
| September | 384,080 | 0 | 1,358,609 |
| October | 400,791 | 0 | 1,417,780 |
| November | 393,310 | 18 | 1,395,976 |
| December | 419,504 | 6 | 1,492,739 |
| Total | 4,295,608 | 15 | 15,141,376 |
| Other Districts. | 259,413 | 4 | 902,759 |
| Total Transvaal | 4,555,021 | 19 | 16,044,135 |
§ 1897. Average number of Natives employed during the year, 69,098.
§ 1898. Average numbers employed during the year, 82,062.
§ (Figures for January and July do not appear to be available.)
| Transvaal Gold Mines. | ||
| Coloured persons in employ. | On last day of each month at work. | |
| 1903— | ||
| July | 68,217 | 61,780 |
| August | 69,688 | 62,705 |
| September | 70,255 | 62,815 |
| October | 71,659 | 64,968 |
| November | 72,748 | 65,311 |
| December | 73,622 | 67,396 |