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very strong case against allowing recruiting in 

 the Tete or Quelimane districts, no matter what 

 qualifying circumstances are pleaded. Expan- 

 sion on the Zambezi is being checked for want 

 of labour, therefore the labour resources of 

 that region should not be exploited for other 

 countries. 



I do not propose to enter into any discussion 

 on the subject of mortality on the mines as it 

 is one which I have had no facilities of studying. 

 But I think this mortality, which is excessive 

 chiefly among natives recruited from the tropical 

 districts, would be considerably reduced if the 

 reopening of the recruiting reason were postponed 

 and no natives from the tropics permitted to 

 enter the Transvaal till mild weather had set 

 in, say the month of October. 



