7. Mr. CREECH JONESasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the numbers of natives in Southern Rhodesia who have been convicted under pass laws in each year since the constitution was promulgated in 1923?
Mr. M. MacDONALDAs the reply involves a table of figures I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
SOUTHERN RHODESIA. | |
Natives convicted under pass laws, 1923–1935. | |
1923 | 12,386 |
1924 | 11,254 |
1925 | 11,048 |
1926 | 10,081 |
1927 | 8,940 |
1928 | 9,181 |
1929 | 10,995 |
1930 | 13,565 |
1931 | 14,540 |
1932 | 17,510 |
1933 | 18,866 |
1934 | 19,279 |
1935 | 19,773 |