§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can say for the months of November and December, 1904, and for January, 1905, how many white men, Kaffirs, and Chinese coolies respectively were engaged in actual mining operations in the Transvaal.
§ MR. LYTTELTONThe numbers are:—For November—Whites, 14,944; Coloured, 81,673; Chinese, 17,469. For December—Whites, 15,023; Coloured, 83,639; Chinese, 20,885. The official figures for January have not yet been received.