§ Mr. Messerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give any information on the inquiry into the conditions of employment on the Witwaterstrand Mines instituted by the Governments of Northern Rhodesia and Nayasaland in connection with the allowing of recruitment of labour from their territories for work on these mines?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreA report by Mr. J. C. Abraham on Nyasaland natives in the Union of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia has just been published, and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House. A report on Northern Rhodesia natives working in the gold mines was furnished early this year but has not yet been published. It made certain recommendations as a partial remedy against the danger of emigrant native labour being lost to Northern Rhodesia; and these will be put forward by the Government of that territory in further negotiations regarding the recruitment of labour for the Rand.