§ MR. TREVELYAN (Yorkshire, W. R., Elland)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the constitutional questions now arising in South Africa, which involve a consideration of the numbers and races of the populations in our various colonies, he will consider the advisability of a census of the whole of South Africa in the next twelve months by the Imperial authorities, with the consent of or in conjunction with the Governments of Cape Colony and Natal.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINNo census can be taken in the new colonies until the work of repatriation and resettlement is complete, and consequently a census of; the whole of South Africa is not likely to be practicable during the next twelve months.