HC Deb 09 March 1927 vol 203 c1238
70. Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state or obtain figures showing the number of native males and females who leave the reserves or their farms to seek work elsewhere in any one year in any or all of the Colonies: Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Nyasaland, and Northern Rhodesia; and what is the number of the males so seeking work who are already married?

Mr. AMERY

The statistics referred to are not available and I think only a very rough estimate could be made by the local Governments. It is very unlikely that any information could be obtained as to whether the labourers are married or not. As regards Tanganyika Territory, Appendix III to the Report on Labour (Colonial No. 19, published last year) gives some approximate figures of the number of labourers employed at the date of the Report.

Colonel WEDGWOOD

Are there any statistics to show whether the natives who come from these reserves are married or single men?

Mr. AMERY

No, Sir.