§ 38. Major MILNERasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the most recent estimates of the population, native and European, of Swaziland, showing the distribution of the population as to age and sex?
42. Mr. PRICEasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the most recent estimates of the population, native and European, of the Bechuana-land Protectorate, showing the distribution of the population as to age and sex?
§ 44. Mr. GROVESasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the most recent estimates of the population, native and European, of Basutoland, showing the distribution of the population as to age and sex?
Mr. THOMASAs the reply to these questions includes a number of figures in tabular form, I will circulate it in the Official Report.
§ Following is the reply:
§ According to the latest information available, which is comprised in the Census Returns of 1921, the population of the three territories was as follows:
| — | Bechuanaland Protectorate. | Basutoland. | Swaziland |
| Europeans | 1,743 | 1,603 | 2,205 |
| Coloured and Asiatics. | 1,055 | 1,241 | 450 |
| Natives | 150,185 | 495,937 | 110,295 |
§ It is difficult to give the age and sex distribution within the limits of a reply, but this informaton will be found in the Census Returns referred to, copies of which are being placed in the Library of the House.