HC Deb 19 February 1957 vol 565 cc57-8W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of skilled and semi-skilled European workers employed in the Copperbelt area of Northern Rhodesia for the years 1950–1956, respectively; and the proportion of European to African workers for the years 1950 and 1956, respectively.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I am asking the Governor for the information requested in the first part of the Question and will circulate the reply in the OFFICIAL REPORT. The answer to the second part is:

Average numbers in service in each year
Europeans Africans
1950 4,604 34,814
1956 (January to July) 7,017 37,617

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