§ MR. EVELYN CECIL (Aston Manor)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, on 31st December, 1905, at the time when His Majesty's present advisers took office, the number of whites employed in the Transvaal mines was 18,159, and whether on 31st December, 1907, it was 17,697.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe first figure is correct for 31st December, 1905; the latter is the average figure for the month of December last. In both cases the figures refer only to gold mines.