HC Deb 10 May 1939 vol 347 cc466-7
33. Mr. Ammon

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the average monthly number of workers employed in the gold, tin, and coal mines of Nigeria, respectively?

Mr. M. MacDonald

The latest figures immediately available are for the year 1937, and show that during that year the average numbers of African workers employed in the gold, tin, and coal mines were 9,902, 36,142 and 1,634 respectively.

Mr. Riley

Are any women or girls employed in the tin mines in Nigeria?

Mr. MacDonald

I should require notice of that question, but I imagine that men are employed underground, at any rate.