§ Mr. Rileyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of able-bodied males who had been withdrawn from the native areas in Kenya before the recent introduction of compulsory labour for service outside the reserves?
§ Colonel StanleyAccording to the most recent figures available in the Colonial Office, the number of Africans in civil employment outside the reserves at the end of March was 240,000, of whom 224,000 had been recruited voluntarily and 16,000 had been recruited under the Defence Regulations.