Mr. WILSONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how the various German possessions in Africa were allocated amongst each of the allied Powers after the War, giving the area and population of each at the time it was so allocated?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEThe relevant figures for the areas concerned are as follow:
Territory and Allocation:— Approximate area (in square miles). German East Africa: (i) Tanganyika Territory (Mandate held by Great Britain) 366,632 (ii) Ruanda Urundi (Mandate held by Belgium) 20,500 (iii) A small frontier area, formerly part of Portuguese East Africa, restored to Portugal in full sovereignty 200 German South West Africa: Mandate held by Union of South Africa 320,000 Cameroons: (i) French Mandated Territory 166,500 (ii) British Mandated Territory 34,081 (iii) Territory ceded by France to Germany in 1911, restored to France in full sovereignty 100,000 Togoland: (i) French Mandated Territory 23,700 (ii) British Mandated Territory 13,041 No reliable figures of population are available.