18. Mr. EDMUND HARVEYasked whether the right hon. Gentleman can state the approximate present population of the British East African Protectorate, specifying the numbers of official and non-official white settlers, respectively, as well as the number of Indian settlers and of the native population?
Mr. HARCOURTThe latest information I have dates from 1911. There were 3,175 European inhabitants, of whom 428 were described as settlers, planters, farmers, and gardeners. The number of officials on the 31st of December of that year was 619. The total number of Asiatics was 11,886, of whom 6,282 were adult males. The total population is estimated at about 2,765,000.