§ 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) in 1902, 1903, and 1904 (as far as known); what was the number of Kaffirs employed in the Transvaal gold mines in the months of January, February, March, April. May, and June of 1903, and of January, February, March, and April, 1904 (output and number of Kaffirs calculated on the same basis as that of the figures already given).
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) The figures are:—
| Witwatersrand Mines. | |||
| Value. | |||
| 1902. | OZS. | dwts. | £ |
| January | 70,340 | 19 | 298,786 |
| February | 81,405 | 9 | 345,782 |
| March | 104,127 | 19 | 442,303 |
| April | 119,588 | 15 | 507,980 |
| May | 138,602 | 17 | 588,746 |
| June | 142,780 | 12 | 606,493 |
| July | 149,179 | 11 | 663,674 |
| August | 162,750 | 19 | 691,322 |
| September | 169,377 | 4 | 719,468 |
| October | 179,660 | 5 | 763,149 |
| November | 182,749 | 7 | 776,270 |
| December | 189,537 | 2 | 805,101 |
| Total | 1,690,100 | 19 | 7,179,074 |
| Other Districts | 17,560 | 6 | 74,591 |
| Total Transvaal Gold Mines | 1,707,661 | 5 | 7,253,665 |
| Transvaal Gold Mines. | ||
| Coloured persons on last day of each month. | ||
| In employ. | At work. | |
| 1903. | ||
| January | 48,058 | 43,307 |
| February | 51,540 | 46,917 |
| March | 56,577 | 51,962 |
| April | 60,557 | 55,340 |
| May | 64,480 | 57,898 |
| June | 60,221 | 59,491 |
| 1904. | ||
| January | 75,120 | 69,004 |
| February | 78,629 | 72,150 |
| March | 72,340 | |
| April | (not yet received) |