§ MR. ASHLEYI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what number of Chinese coolies were employed in the South African mines on 1st October, 1905, and 1st October, 1906.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe numbers on 30th September, 1905, were 44,538; the numbers for 30th September, 1906, 53,430. I have not the numbers for 1st October.