§ SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what were the amounts of wages paid to white, native, and Chinese labour respectively, for the years 1905 and 1907.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe wages paid on gold mines in the Transvaal for the years ending 30th June, 1905, and 30th June, 1907, those being the periods covered by the Transvaal Government mining engineers reports, are as follows:—Year ending 30th June, 1905: to whites, £4,465,000, or adding salaries£5,273,000; to coloured, £2,527,000; to Chinese £3,45,000. Year ending 30th June, 1907: to whites, £5,407,000, or adding salaries £6, 356,000; to coloured, £2,906,000; to Chinese, £1,217,000.