PROVINCE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
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Colony proper East Griqualand Tembnland Transkei Wallish Bay, &c Pondoland . Bechuaualand
Total Province
Population in 1911 i
Coloured
005,288 241,094 227,908 186,527 1,570 232,931 84,529
Total
1,979,847
1,552,137 249,038 236,056 188,715 3,223 234,317 99,538
Females
included in
previous
column.
763,631 133,990 127,125 105,180 898 123,024 52,715
2,563,024 I 1,306,563
1 Preliminary figures. For final t-itals see above under Union.
Of the coloured pojmlation, 15,682 were Malays, and 298,334 a mixture of various races ; the rest are Hottentots, Fingoes, Kaffirs, and Bechuanas. Of the white population in 1911, 301,917 were males and 281,458 females ; of the coloured, 954,752 were males and 1,025,105 females.
Chief towns with population in 1911: — Cai)e Town, 67,000; Kimberley, 30,000; Port Elizabeth, 31,000; Graham's Town, 14,000 ; Beaconsfield, 14,000 ; Paarl, 11,000 ; King William's Town, 9,000 ; East London, 21,000 ; Graatf-Reinet, 8,000 ; Worcester, 8,000 ; Uitenhage, 12,000 ; Cradock, 6,500.
Of the European yjopulation in 1904, 32,202 were professional, 99,319 domestic, 46,750 commercial, 111,175 agricultural, 67,278 industrial, 214,982 were dependants, and 2,008 indefinite or unspecified. Of the coloured population the great majority are engaged in agricultural or domestic employ- ments.
Marriages, births and deaths in five years, so far as registered : —
Years
Marriages
Births
Deaths
1907
1908 1909 1910 1911
10,554
9,446
9,427
10,475
11,396
60,415 60,524 56,318 55,737 57,379
35,491 33,967 34,186 34,974 33,490
The granting of Government-aided immigration has been suspended.
Year
Immigrants
Emigrants
From U.K.
Total
To U.K.
Total
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
19,250 17,525 19,550 23,814 27,656
29,767 27,498 30,445 31,2811 . 37,5441
23,054 19,517 15,961 16,095 23,324
39,550
32,929
20,697
26,9131
32,875
1 Excluding passengers to and from Natal.
