§ SIR GEORGE KEKEWICH (Exeter)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that signalmen on the London and South Western Railway, employed at various stations out of London, are permitted to proceed
| Year. | Other than Lascars and Asiatics. | Lascars and Asiatics. | |
| Number of British persons employed. | Number of Foreign persons employed. | ||
| 1897 | 175,549 | 33,898 | 31,484 |
| 1903 | 176,520 | 40,396 | 41,021 |
| 1906 | 188,340 | 38,084 | 44,367 |