§ MR. MARKHAM (Nottinghamshire, Mansfield)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies will he say the number of white and coloured men working on the Transvaal gold mines in the month of August before the war and the value of gold produced; and will he state the figures for the month of December, 1904.
§ MR. LYTTELTONThe figures for July, 1899, which will no doubt equally satisfy the hon. Member, are given at page 110 of Cd. 2104. White men employed on the Witwatersrand Mines, 12,330; coloured men employed, 107,482; gold output for the Transvaal, £1,737,861. The figures for December, 1904, are:—Whites in employ on the last day of the month, 15,023; coloured labourers and Chinese, 104,524; gold output, £1,538,377; representing an increase in white labour of nearly 2,500, whilst coloured and Chinese labour was still nearly 3,000 behind the figure given for 1899.
§ MR. HERBERT SAMUEL (Yorkshire, Cleveland)Will the right hon. Gentleman tell us whether those figures of white labour include the men engaged in building compounds?
§ MR. LYTTELTONI have answered that Question before. They are inclusive of those men.