Altogether 920 refrigerator trucks are in service for the conveyance of highly perishable commodities. No specific number of trucks is allocated exclusively to the conveyance of meat, and this type of truck is normally supplied according to demand and availability. Approximately 90 ice-cooled refrigerator trucks are at present utilized weekly for the conveyance of beef, mutton and other meat products in the Republic, South-West Africa and Botswana.

The gross national product of the Republic, including South-West Africa, was as follows:

1. (1) The conditions governing the installation of such telephones in the Rotunda are as follows:
   1. (a) The Administration reserves the right to grant a similar concession to any other taxi company.
   2. (b) In order that there shall be no possibility of differentiation, South African Airways staff will not be permitted to summon taxis for the public.
   3. (c) Members of the public must themselves contact the particular taxi they wish to engage.
   4. (d) All expenses in connection with the maintenance of the telephone are to be borne by the taxi company.
   5. (e) The rental for the retention of the telephone service is R30 per annum, which is payable to the Administration apart from the normal charges payable by the company to the Post Office.
   6. (f) The Administration’s rental is payable in advance and will become due on the first day of January of each year.
   7. (g) The rental is to be paid to the Local Accountant, South African Railways, Johannesburg, within 14 days of the first day of January of each year during which the agreement remains in force.
   8. (h) Cancellation of the agreement may be sought by either party subject to one month’s written notice. The rental charges will in such instances be adjusted on a pro-rata basis in respect of the period the facility was actually used.
2. (2) Two taxi companies had telephones installed in the Rotunda, one of which cancelled the agreement and removed the telephone of its own accord. The other company has been requested to remove its telephone for the following reasons:
   1. (a) The company did not respond to all telephone calls; after 6 p.m. did not respond to any call.
   2. (b) It did not respond to calls for the conveyance of nightstop passengers in possession of S.A.A. taxi vouchers, resulting in alternative arrangements having to be made and causing unnecessary delays and inconvenience to passengers.
   3. (c) The rental payable to the Administration was overdue on 4th March, 1971, the date of notification of the cancellation of the agreement.
3. (3) Yes.

1. (a)
   1. (i) Dependants: R97 307.
      Injured passengers: None (there were no survivors).
   2. (ii) Dependants: R207 513. Injured passengers: R18 317.
   3. (iii) Dependants: R170 261.
      Injured passengers: R84 868.
   4. (iv) Dependants and injured passengers: R359 750.
      The amount reflected represents compensation paid in respect of passenger train accidents subsequent to the Effingham accident on 4th October, 1965. Separate details of payments to dependants and injured passengers, respectively, are not readily available in respect of these accidents.
2. (b)
   1. (i) None.
   2. (ii) Dependants: R21 000. Injured passengers: R9 000.
   3. (iii) None.
   4. (iv) Compensation in respect of claims not yet settled still requires to be assessed in most instances.

(1) The information is not available, but the following expenditure was actually incurred for the financial years 1969-70 and 1970-71:

¹ also the research component of the subsidy.

² also all bursary funds.

³ ad hoc grants only.

1. (2)
   1. (a) As indicated under (1) (c), and
   2. (b) not available.

1. (1) 1 092, of which a great number is still trading in areas not proclaimed as group areas.
2. (2) Approximately 350.

1. (a) 4 500 families, which are increasing daily.
2. (b) 130.