HC Deb 27 January 1937 vol 319 c941
60. Mr. Emmott

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can state, separately, the numbers of the English and Dutch population of Swaziland for the years 1920, 1930, and 1935?

Mr. M. MacDonald

Official statistics do not give precise information on this point. But according to the census figures of 1921 there were then 471 English-speaking, 735 Dutch-speaking, and 963 bilingual Europeans living in the territory. No further census was taken until last year, and complete returns of this have not yet been received.

Mr. Donner

Is the right hon. Member aware that there is a sharp decline in the number of English settlers with capital behind them, and will he consider measures to arrest this deplorable development?

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