1. (a) No. (i), (ii) and (iii) not applicable.
2. (b) Yes. Only in respect of male prisoners.
   1. (i) Selected White and non-White male persons sworn in as special warders in terms of section 9 of the Prisons Act (Act 8 of 1959).
   2. (ii) At all prisons from where unskilled labour is being hired out to members of the public or other organizations.
   3. (iii) To ensure the safe custody of prisoners thus hired out and subject to the same requirements and powers applicable to personnel of the Department.

I cannot say off-hand.

1. (1) Yes.
   1. (a) 54.

1. (2) Yes.
   1. (a) A total of 3 400 passengers, as follows:
      8th April, 1971: 350 on 26 flights.
      9th April, 1971: 103 on 14 flights.
      10th April, 1971: None.
      11th April, 1971: 144 on 16 flights.
      12th April, 1971: 1 884 on 46 flights.
      13th April, 1971: 919 on 43 flights.
   2. (b) Where justified, extra flights, as detailed below, were operated to provide additional accommodation:
      8th April, 1971: Four B707 flights, were operated in a 156-seat configuration on the route Johannesburg — Durban — Johannesburg.
      9th to 11th April, 1971: There was an average of eight waitlisted passengers per flight and additional capacity was, therefore, not warranted.
      12th April, 1971: Four B707 flights were operated in a 156-seat configuration on the route Johannesburg—Durban —Johannesburg and two B737 flights on the route Johannesburg—Port Elizabeth—Johanburg.
      13th April, 1971: Two Viscount flights were operated on the route Johannesburg—Alexander Bay—Cape Town—Alexander Bay—Johannesburg. Additional capacity on other domestic routes was, however not justified as there had been substantial duplication of wait-listed passengers by agents.

The hon. member must please Table that question.

1. (1) 132700 weekly.
2. (2) No. Efforts to obtain reliable information in regard to future marketing in controlled areas have been unsuccessful in the past as marketers avail themselves of alternative outlets.
3. (3) The maximum number of sheep will be slaughtered in the controlled areas and the balance will have to be taken up by uncontrolled areas or carried forward.

I may just mention for the information of the hon. member that in 1967 altogether 4,4 million sheep were slaughtered, in 1968, 5,1 million, in 1969, 5,9 million, in 1970, 6.4 million and in all the controlled and uncontrolled areas a total of 1 million more sheep than last year will be slaughtered.

1. (1) (a), (b) (i) and (ii). Yes.
   1. (a) Information has been received to the effect that excessive amounts of mercury have been found in certain fish varieties and that this has given rise to a few cases of acute poisoning.
   2. (b) Information to hand reveals that (i) enzymes may give rise to allergies in man and (ii) that excessive amounts of phosphates in effluent waters may disturb the environment with regard to the overgrowth of certain vegetation.
2. (2) Yes. In regard to mercury, departmental health laboratories are carrying out tests on local and imported canned tuna. Furthermore toxicologists of the Department of Health, in co-operation with other bodies, are engaged in research on the significance of mercury in fish and the determination of mercury levels with a view to the preparation of legislation in this respect. As regards enzymes and phosphates, the South African Bureau of Standards has constituted a committee on which the Department of Health will be represented to consider standards of efficacy and safety with regard to detergents and detergent compounds.

Yes.

1. (a) Specialists:
   1. (i) Physician 1.
   2. (ii) Radiologist 1.
   3. (iii) General Surgeon 1.
   4. (iv) Orthopaedic surgeon 1.
2. (b) General practitioners:
   1. (i) Permanent Force. As a result of a recent Civil Service inspection of the S.A. Medical Services the Permanent Force posts for general practitioners have been increased from 74 to 103. Of these posts 36 are already filled by Permanent Force medical officers and 31 are temporarily filled by part-time civilian doctors. There is, therefore, still a shortage of 67 Permanent Force Medical Officers.
   2. (ii) National Servicemen. In the inspection report the future requirement of national service doctors has been determined at 160. There are at present 37 national service doctors in service which leaves a shortage of 123 on the ultimate requirement in this category.

1. (1) (a) to (e). The Danie Theron Combat School has a modem sick-bay for the treatment of out-patients and for the admission of cases of a minor nature, for which 32 beds are provided. During the months of July and August 1970 the base had the following medical personnel:
   One part-time civilian doctor.
   One Permanent Force nursing officer (a qualified sister).
   One Permanent Force medical orderly with the rank of staff sergeant.
   Two Permanent Force nursing assistants.
   They were assisted by two national servicemen. The extent of the medical treatment which is provided at the base do not warrant the posting of a pharmacist to the sickbay. No trainee nursing sisters or trainee nurses are employed at sickbays because sick-bays are not training hospitals for the purpose of training of nursing personnel.
2. (2) No. Due to the general shortage of medical officers in the Defence Force during the period in question it was not possible to post a medical officer to the base.
   (a) and (b) fall away.
3. (3) Falls away. As far as is known, the part-time practitioner had, apart from his appointment in the Defence Force, only his private practice to look after.
4. (4)
   1. (a)
      1. (i) 1 119 from 1st to 20th July, 1970 and 539 from 1st to 30th August, 1970.
      2. (ii) 734 national servicemen reported sick over the period in question. 215 of them were admitted to the sickbay for treatment.
   2. (b) 11.
   3. (c) Because of the more serious nature of their ailments/injuries the following cases were transferred to the Kimberley Hospital:
      1 case of appendicitis. 5 cases of pneumonia.
      2 cases for treatment of shock following a motor accident.
      1 case of stitching of the tongue following an injury.
      1 case of an injury to the pharynx.
      1 case of an injury to the neck.
      During this period 22 cases of a minor nature were also transferred to No. 3 Military Hospital at Bloemfontein.
5. (5) No improvements to the sick-bay itself were effected because it is modern and fully equipped to provide in the needs of the base.
   li>The following additional medical personnel have, however, been provided since August 1970:
   One full-time medical officer from 1st October 1970.
   One Permanent Force medical orderly with the rank of staff sergeant from 1st January 1971.

I wish to draw the attention of the hon. member to the fact that the word “camp” has been replaced by “base” some years ago in the Defence Force.

1. (a)
   1. (i) 22.
   2. (ii) 3.
2. (b) 292 on the Reef and 48 in Pretoria.

Study tours abroad touch on various aspects of radio television and related matters, and it is therefore not possible to calculate the costs relating to television separately.

There are no posts in my Department of Coloured Relations and Rehoboth Affairs at present filled by Coloured persons, which were formerly held by White persons, but the establishment created with effect from 1st July, 1969, for the Administration of Coloured Affairs consists entirely of posts for Coloured persons, in which 18 710 Coloured persons including educational staff, already serve.

(a) and (b) fall away.

1. (1)
   1. (a) 704.
   2. (b) 853.
2. (2) 285.
3. (3)
   1. (a) 163.
   2. (b)
      1. (i) 125.
      2. (ii) 4.

(1) and (2). As the appointment and discharge of personnel rests with the controlling bodies of mission hospitals, it is not possible to furnish the desired information.

Yes. The craft is expected to be delivered in August 1971.

1. (1) No.
2. (2) Yes.
3. (3) No, not at this stage.

Attempts are being made to introduce the Bill with amendments where necessary, during the current session. Comment on the Commission’s Bill is, however, still under consideration.

1. (1) Yes.
   1. (a) Letters addressed to persons known to conduct or to assist in conducting lotteries are intercepted and forwarded to the Returned Letter Office where they are opened. Those found to have been posted in contravention of the law are handed to the Police and remittances are confiscated. Where it is suspected that letters contain lottery material, they are also intercepted and forwarded to the Returned Letter Office. If they are found to contain lottery material, the material is destroyed.
   2. (b) Sections 25, 28 and 35 of the Post Office Act, 1958;
2. (2) Falls away. I may mention that for a while and in order to gain the public’s co-operation in combating participation in lotteries, letters thought to contain lottery material (usually visible through flimsy envelopes) were specially delivered to the addressees with the request that the addressees personally open the envelopes in the presence of a departmental officer. The contents were impounded if found to be lottery material and forwarded to the Returned Letter Office for disposal, while the addressees were warned against the possibility of prosecution under the Gambling Act, 1965. This procedure required so much time and labour, however, that it was necessary to revert to the normal procedure described under (1).

It is done in the normal way.

No. The report of the Group Areas Board will be submitted to me for consideration as soon as certain statutory requirements in terms of the Group Areas Act have been complied with.

1. (1)
   1. (a) Water for the Montrose Bantu Township is supplied by the Department of Bantu Administration and Development;
   2. (b) If required and an application therefore is received my Department can supply raw water from the Midmar-Pietermaritzburg pipeline without delay;
2. (2) Water not supplied by my Department and I am therefore not aware of any delay.

1. (1) Yes.
   1. (a) 1965.
   2. (b) 744.
   3. (c) The water supply is adequate at present. The Department of Water Affairs has undertaken initially to supply half a million gallons of water per day from the Umgeni pipeline.
2. (2) No. The provision of further services is still being attended to.

(ii) This information is unfortunately not available. Comprehensive enquiries would have to be undertaken which are deemed to be unjustified under circumstances.

That was in terms of the latest Census figures.