§ Mr. RANKINasked 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?
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§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREI 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.