HC Deb 16 June 1936 vol 313 cc818-9W
Mr. RANKIN

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies which of the principal colonies have broadcasting stations of their own; and what is the approximate percentage of the population in each which is in possession of listening facilities?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

I append a table showing the Dependencies which possess broadcasting stations of their own, the number of receiving licences issued (where that figure is available) and the total population in each case:

Dependency. No. of receiving licences. Population.
Barbados Figures not available. 182,000
British Guiana 150 323,000
Ceylon 2,250 5,400,000
approx.
Falkland Islands 140 2,400
Fiji 160 197,000
Gibraltar Figures not available. 16,000
Gold Coast 700 3,444,000
Hong Kong 4,200 944,000
Kenya 1,280 3,094,000
Malaga 3,800 4,267,000
Malta Figures not available. 255,000
Mauritius 160 394,000
Nigeria 750 19,800,000
approx.
Palestine 11,000 1,195,000
Sierra Leone 750 1,834,000
approx.
Trinidad Figures not available. 432,000
Windward Islands Figures not available. 201,000

It is not possible to estimate the average number of persons served by each receiving licence in these territories. I should add that the figures given above of the number of receiving licences issued are for the most part some months old. There has probably been considerable increase in certain cases.

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