§ Mr. Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the estimated number of African bricklayers, carpenters and storekeepers in Northern Rhodesia who are earning salaries of £50 a month or more, and of African mineworkers who are earning £45 a month or more.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 3rd June, 1957; Vol. 571, c. 65], supplied the following information which he had received from the Northern Rhodesia Government:
No African bricklayers, carpenters or storekeepers, earn salaries of £50 a month or more. Two hundred and nine African mineworkers were earning £45 a month or more at 30th April, 1957.