§ MR. REESI beg to ask the Under. Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any official information to the effect that, as stated by Mr. Schumacher during the Recess, the mines of the Transvaal would in future have partially to rely on natives from Central Africa; and whether further recruitment from Nyassaland is contemplated.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHURCHILL,) Manchester, N.W.Correspondence on this subject is proceeding. I may, however, say that the Secretary of State will have great difficulty in authorising the resumption of recruiting unless there are strong grounds for believing that the death rate can be very substantially and permanently reduced.