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When one, however, turns to the excess of Births over Deaths in 

 1904, one finds : — 



Germany shows per thousand 

 Scotland ,, 

 England ,, 



Italy 



Ireland 



France 





14.41 

 11.97 

 11.94 

 10.87 

 4.84 

 1. 10 



and then turn to Australasian Colonies, and what do we find the 

 excess to be : — 



or an average for the whole of Australasia of 15.66, considerably 

 better than the very best European country, which is Germany. 



When we turn to the Cape Colony, we find that the population 

 in 1904 was 2,118,533, and that the growth in the 13 years between 

 census periods, viz., from 189 1 -1904 was 85.82 ; an increase to this 

 extent in the 13 years is a very remarkable feature. See Annexure 

 " D." But, in dealing with the Cape Colony figures, it must be 

 remembered that the new element of race is introduced, and there- 

 fore all calculations have to be based on the European figures, and 

 quite separately on other races all under one heading, which may be 

 classified as Coloured. I find, in going into the figures, that the 

 Birth Rate in the whole Colony for all races in 1904 was 31.16, and 

 the Death Rate 20.66, showing an excess of 10.50 of Births over 

 Deaths, which compares badly with Australia ; but on dissecting these 

 figures and allocating them respectively to the European and the 

 Coloured, the position is considerably altered. I have not been able 

 to get the figures for the whole Colony under such headings, but I 

 have taken the figures applicable to the 34 principal towns as being 

 probably a fair basis, and I find that the average European Birth 

 Rate was 33-6i, and the average Coloured Birth Rate 

 44.86, which clearly proves that the Births in the towns are 

 much higher in proportion than births in the country, as the total of 

 the Rate of the 34 principal towns works out at over 39 per thousand, 

 whereas the actual Birth Rate for the whole Colony was 31.16. On 

 turning to the Death Rates, we find that the average European 

 Death Rate in the 34 principal towns was 14.55, where the Coloured 

 Death Rate was 38.06. Here again we find that the average for all 

 races would be over 26 per thousand, whereas the actual Death Rate 

 for the whole Colony in 1904 was 20.66, thus proving that the Death 

 Rate is also much higher in the towns than in the country. 



