§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the steady decline in the proportion of white labour as compared with the proportion of coloured labour employed in the Transvaal mining 711 industry, he will continue the warning issued in the January Circular of the Emigration Office against white miners going to the Transvaal at the present time in search of work, and advise the Government to institute a Parliamentary inquiry into the results of the introduction of Chinese labour upon white labour in the Transvaal mining industry.
§ MR. LYTTELTONThe decline in the proportion of white to coloured labour in the Transvaal mining industry cannot be described as steady, inasmuch as during 1904 it varied considerably from month to month, and I understand that it will continue to vary as different stages of development are reached. The Emigrants Information Office will continue to warn intending emigrants, so long as the supply of white labour in the Transvaal is in excess of the demand. I see no reason for instituting the Parliamentary enquiry proposed.