§ 42. Mr. KELLYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of workpeople engaged on the construction of the naval base at Singapore, and from where such labour has been recruited?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMIrrespective of 13 men of superior grades sent from England, there are 743 workmen now engaged by the Department on the construction of the base, and all these men have been obtained locally.