§ MR. MITCHELL-THOMSON (Lanarkshire, N.W.)To ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the total number of Chinese already repatriated from the Transvaal, what was the number of Chinese employed in the mines at the date of the posting of the repatriation proclamation; what is the total number at present employed; and what is the number estimated to be repatriated before 31st March.
§ (Answered by MR. Churchill.) The total number of Chinese coolies repatria- 1010 ated up to 31st January, 1907, was 7,344. The number employed on the mines on 30th April, 1906, about a fortnight before the repatriation notice was posted, was 49,832. The number employed on 31st December, 1906, was 52,917. I cannot say what further number may be repatriated before 31st March.