§ MR. DUNCAN (Yorkshire, W. R. Otley)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware if any payment by the importer of Chinese labourers to South Africa is made to the Chinese Government or any local or provincial official in China for the privilege of recruiting.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) No such payment is made, as far as I am aware, in respect of the recruiting, but I understand that, in addition to the payment made under the Convention, the Chinese Government receive from the mines a further fee of $3 to provide for the expense of the Consulate at Johannesburg and other expenses.