§ 22. Mr. BROCKWAY (for Mr. HORRA-BIN)asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the acreage allotted to each of the separate tribes embraced within the total area of the Native reservations 1016 in Kenya Colony; the estimated numbers of each tribe; and the estimated head of livestock owned by each tribe?
§ Dr. SHIELSAs the answer to this question necessarily contains a large number of figures, I will, with my hon. Friend'" permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ 1. The following are the areas of the Native Reserves in Kenya which, according to the latest information in the Colonial Office, have been gazetted:—
| Square Miles. | |
| North Kavirondo | 2,394 |
| Central Kavirondo | 1,772 |
| South Kavirondo | 2,956 |
| Nandi | 736 |
| Lumbwa (Belgut Buret and Sotik) | 830 |
| Suk | 3,389 |
| Kamasia | 1,600 |
| Marakwet | 752 |
| Elgeyo | 412 |
| Njemps | 255 |
| Masai | 14,854 |
| Kiambu | 400 |
| Fort Hall | 583 |
| Nyeri | 743 |
| Embu | 1,090 |
| Meru | 2,471 |
| Machakos (Ulu) | 1,670 |
| Kikumbuliu | 496 |
| Kitui (including Mumoni and Tharaka) | 5,911 |
| Taveta | 46 |
| Dabida | 200 |
| Sagalla | 82 |
| Northern Nyika | 2,367 |
| Southern Nyika | 1,825 |
| Digo detached areas | 77 |
| Southern Pokomo | 30 |
| Central Pokomo | 127 |
| Northern Pokomo | 119 |
| Total | 48,187 |
§ The Northern Frontier Province and the Turkana Province have been declared "closed districts," but as explained in reply to the question of the hon. Member for Camberwell, N. W., on the 8th December, 1930, the question of declaring these Provinces as native reserves has not arisen.
1017§ 2. According to a return received in 1929 the estimated total native population of the various tribal districts was as follows:
| Tribal Districts. | Estimated total native population. |
| Central Kavirondo | 370,046 |
| South Kavirondo | 320,514 |
| North Kavirondo | 332,835 |
| Lumbwa-Kericho | 79,140 |
| Nandi | 38,982 |
| Nyeri | 211,850 |
| Fort Hall | 176,667 |
| Kyambu-Nairobi | 113,045 |
| Meru | 142,744 |
| Embu-Chuka | 93,238 |
| Machakos | 216,932 |
| Kitui | 133,971 |
| Teita | 37,251 |
| Coastal | 100,436 |
| Suk, Elgeyo, Marakwet—Kerio Province | 165,923 |
| Masai | 51,743 |
| Total | 2,585,317 |
§ Note.—The native population in the North Frontier District is probably about 100,000, but no close estimate can at present be given.
§ 3. Full particulars of the livestock owned by natives are given on pages 61 and 62 of the Agricultural Census for the Colony for 1930, a copy of which is being placed in the Library of the House.