§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he has any official information showing that one thousand unemployed workmen of the Transvaal have recently sought enlistment in the forces now operating in Natal; and that this dearth of employment and this state of things is attributable to the introduction of Chinese labour into the Colony?
§ MR. RUNCIMANI have no official information as yet on this point. The dearth of employment must be due to a variety of causes, the effect of each of which it is difficult to gauge without full inquiry.