SIR GILBERT PARKERI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the value of stores for the mines imported during the years 1905 and 1907, respectfully.
§ MR. CHURCHILLFor the year ended 30th June, 1905, the period covered by the report of the Government mining engineer, the total value of stores consumed by the mines and the mining concerns in the Transvaal was £7,375,000; for the year ended 30th June, 1907, £8,447,000. I cannot say how much of these totals was imported.