§ Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many applications have been made since the introduction of the most recent regulation
— Number of Applications Number granted unconditionally Number granted subject to conditions Number refused By Europeans … … 73 10 63 Nil By Asians … … 88 17 71 Nil By Africans … … 1,130 202 848 80 These figures exclude, so far as possible, meetings which were not political in character. I regret that the information relating to earlier periods is not available.