HC Deb 17 June 1907 vol 176 cc150-1
MR. HAROLD COX

I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the white population of Natal at the time when British Indians were first introduced into that Colony; and what is now the white population of the Colony according to the latest information.

THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, (Mr. CHURCHILL, Manchester, N.W.)

In 1860 when Indian immigration began the white population was 11,950. In 1905 it was 94,731.