HC Deb 28 July 1909 vol 8 cc1319-20W
Mr. GINNELL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the latest estimate of the numbers of the white and coloured population respectively in each and all of the Colonies now concurring in the formation of a South African Union?

Colonel SEELY

, in reply, supplied the following figures:—

ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1907.
European or white. Other than European or white. Total.
Cape 610,680 1,896,820 2,507,500
Natal (including Zululand) 95,440 1,072,000 1,167,440
Transvaal 325,250 1,024,200 1,349,450
Orange River Colony) 157,200 289,900 447,100

From Cape Statistical Register for 1907.