§ MR. HERBERT SAMUEL (Yorkshire, Cleveland)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state what were the numbers of Kaffirs and of white men at work on the mines of the Transvaal before the war; and what were the numbers of Kaffirs, of Chinese, and of white men so employed, including those engaged on building operations, on the latest date for which figures are available.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) The figures for July, 1899, were—coloured, 107,482; white, 12,530, for the Witwatersrand only. The figures for February, 1905, for the Transvaal were—coloured, 97,882; Chinese, 31,424; white, 15,831. I have no information as yet as to the exact number engaged on building operations.