The strikes on the Rand, even when they were only in prospect, again raised the question of the use of Chinese workmen in South Africa. Mozambique as a_ source of labour for the Rand will soon be a closed land and the native supply is rapidly diminishing. At the same time it is recorded that the efficiency of both white and native labour has been falling. From 1909 to 1913 it was about 7.5 efficiency per 1,000 tons rock, bui it has now fallen to about 6 per 1,000 tons. In the light*of these figures, increased costs of supplies
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