CHINESE ON THE RAND
REDUCTION IN THEIR NC.MBERS. Received 2-ltb, 4.58 p.m. London. February 23. Lord Elgin, in a letter to Mr F. ('. •Mackurness, .Member for Newburv, stated there were 47.0U0 coolies in tlie Transvaal at the end of 11105. bes'des 10,000 that were licensed. The letter adds:—"We were thus committed to I 03,000. We now have 53,000. J] oreover, all renewals are forbidden, and besides wastage, the steady ouillow of those whose contracts are expiring will reduce the present number shortly —--a I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 25 February 1907, Page 3
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84CHINESE ON THE RAND Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 25 February 1907, Page 3
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