§ 19. Mr. Pargiterasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of African miners who have been rendered unemployed as a result of the economies in the Bancroft and other copper mines in Northern Rhodesia and have been re-employed in connection with the Government's development schemes in the Northern and Luapala provinces; and what wages are being paid for such employment.
§ Mr. ProfumoUp to the end of May the number of African miners employed at Bancroft and other copper mines had 111W fallen by 6,538, and of these 947 from Bancroft have been repatriated to the Northern and Luapula provinces. I regret that I am unable to say how many of these have been re-employed in connection with development schemes in those provinces. The daily wages paid by Government range from 2s. 2d. to 5s. for unskilled and semi-skilled labour to 10s. 4d. for skilled workmen.