HC Deb 14 April 1905 vol 145 cc204-5
DR. MACNAMARA

To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give, month for month for 1904, and for the mouths of January, February, and March, 1905, the gold output of the mines of the Transvaal, the number of native labourers, the number of Chinese coolies, and the number of white men engaged in mining operations.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) The figures as.ked for are shown in the

Transvaal Gold Mining Industry.
Period. Whites employed. Coloured employed. Chinese employed. Output.
Witwatersrand. Other districts.
£ £
January, 1904 12,814 75,027 Nil 1,183,946 47,472
February, 1904 12,801 77,899 — 1,199,712 30,014
March, 1904 12,681 79,569 — 1,266,281 44,286
April, 1904 12,740 78,825 — 1,261,746 43,685
May, 1904 13,127 77,519 — 1,292,978 45,361
June, 1904 13,413 74,632 1,004 1,267,093 42,673
July, 1904 13,707 73,370 1,388 1,254,097 45,784
August, 1904 14,333 73,148 4,945 1,279,047 47,421
September, 1904 14,433 75,411 9,020 1,279,123 47,383
October, 1904 14,525 78,491 12,965 1,333,481 49,686
November, 1904 14,944 81,673 17,469 1,376,311 51,636
December, 1904 15,023 83,639 20,885 1,486,234 52,566
January, 1905 15,536 89,895 27,222 1,517,349 51,159
February, 1905 15,831 97,882 31,424 1,491,174 54,197
March, 1905 Official figures not yet received.