§ 31. Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what percentage of the land owned by white settlers in the Kenya highlands which is suitable for pasturage or crops is not used by the owners for agricultural purposes.
§ Mr. LytteltonNone, Sir. All the land suitable for cultivation which is not under crops is used for grazing.
Mr. DugdaleWill the right hon. Gentleman at the same time give us the figures of the acreage owned by each settler and the acreage owned by each African family in Kenya?
§ Mr. LytteltonThat seems to be rather statistical. I can give the global figure, but not the details without notice.
§ Mr. Fenner BrockwayWould the right hon. Gentleman circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the very detailed figures which he has given to me in this matter before the subject is debated tomorrow?
§ Mr. LytteltonI will certainly circulate any figures I can which I think might be of help. I am not quite sure how much detail that covers, but perhaps the hon. Gentleman will have a word with me about it outside.
§ Following are the figures:
| Acres | |
| Area unallocated | 207,987 |
| (a) Cultivable limited to grazing by topographical or climatic conditions | 140,826 |
| (b) Arable | 7,497 |
| (c) Remainder—Useless: | |
| escarpments, volcanic craters, unusable land on farms | 43,104 |
| Earmarked for public purposes:— | |
| Aerodromes, catchment areas, township expansions, quarries, etc. | 5,357 |
| (d) To be added to Forest Reserves | 3,547 |
| (e) To be added to Native Reserves | 7,656 |
| 207,987 |
§ The total area of land alienated to Europeans in the Kenya Highland is 7,372,880 acres.
§ Of this 5 per cent. is uncultivable 368,644 acres.
§ The cultivable balance is therefore 7,004,236 acres, utilised as follows:—
| Under Crops | 1,002,871 |
| Grazing | 6,001,365 |
| 7,372,880 |