§ MR. DUNCAN SCHWANN (Cheshire, Hyde)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what number of skilled white workmen, and what number of unskilled white workmen, what number of Chinese coolies, and what number of Kaffir or black labourers were employed on the mines of the Witwatersrand on 30th September, 1905, and what were the corresponding 535 figures for June, 1906, and for September, 1906; and what are the respective numbers of skilled and unskilled white and coloured labourers employed in the Barberton district.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHURCHILL, Manchester, N.W.)The total number of white workmen, Chinese and natives employed on the gold and other mines of the Witwatersrand district were as follows on the dates specified: —
The detailed Returns for 30th September, 1906, have not yet been received; and the Returns do not distinguish between skilled and unskilled white workmen. No separate Returns are received for Barberton, but in the Pretoria district, which includes Barberton, Lydenburg and Pietersburg, the figures for the same dates were: —
White. Chinese. Natives. 30th Sep., 1905 16,980 44,538 88,981 30thJune, 1906 17,260 52,352 82,733 31st Aug., 1906 16,957 52,111 84,187
White. Chinese. Natives. 30th Sept., 1905 1,312 0 11,106 30th June, 1906 1,309 0 13,062 31st Aug., 1906 1,287 0 11,824