35. Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether further recruitment of Africans for the Rand in South Africa has been agreed to in Nyasaland with the chamber of mines; and whether the recruiting convention of the International Labour Office has been ratified in respect to Nyasaland?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreIt has been agreed with the Transvaal Chamber of Mines that the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association should be allowed to recruit up to a maximum of 8,500 natives in Nyasaland during 1938 and the first four months of 1939, for a further experimental period of one year's employment. The International Labour Recruiting Convention has riot yet been ratified by His Majesty's Government.
Mr. Creech JonesDoes that mean that, in the event of men being recruited, travelling allowances will be paid to them when they are transferred?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreAs regards the experimental period, understand that, 335 among other conditions, the Chamber of Mines agreed to meet the whole cost of transporting recruits to Johannesburg from their homes.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreYes, Sir.