§ Mr. FELLasked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies when the information respecting the increased death rate amongst the natives employed in the Rand mines was received, and when inquiry into the cause of this increase was made?
§ Colonel SEELYThe quarterly return for the last three months of 1908, which first showed a considerable increase, was in a "Gazette" of 2nd April, which reached the Colonial Office three weeks later. A despatch on the subject went by last mail.