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European births over deaths during the {)eriod liS95 to 1904, the 

 "natural" increase of the Eur<»i)ean population is estimated at 17 "99 

 pel' 1000 per annum. The total births t)f Europeans i-egistered in the 

 Cf)loMy during 1904 was 18,460, and the European deaths 7214, giving 

 a "natural" increase of 11,246 or 19-39 per 1000 for that year. In 

 the thirty-four chief towns, with a European population of 228,643, 

 the " natural " increase was 18 per 1000 ; whilst in the remainder of the 

 colony, with a European population of 351,098, it was 20*31 per 1000 

 for the year, the difference being, no doubt, largel}' due to the con- 

 siderable number of Europeans suffering from serious illness brought 

 from the rural areas to hospitals or private nursing establishments in 

 the towns and who die there. As there was nothing exceptional about 

 the year 1904 as regards births or deaths, 19-39 per 1000 per annum 

 may be taken as approximately the present normal rate of "natural" in- 

 crease of the European population of this colony. It ma^^ be remarked 

 in passing that this is a fairly high rate, the rates for certain other 

 countries during the decennium 1891-1901 being as follows : England 

 and Wales, 11*75 ; Victoria, 14*21 ; South Australia, 16*85 ; Tasmania, 

 17-62 ; New South Wales, 18-39 : Queensland, 20-32 : Western 

 Australia, 28*11. 



Gkowth of the Native Haces. 



During the twelve years from 1879 to 1891 the "other than 

 Europe-an" population of East Griqualand, Tembuland, the Ti-anskei 

 and Walfish Bay increased from 260,417 to 476,985 — an increase of 

 216,568 or 83 per cent. From 1891 to 1904 the Bantu population of 

 these territories increased by 139,799, or an "actual" increase at the 

 rate of 20*25 per 1000 per annum. But during this period emigra- 

 tion to the colony proper, especially its eastern part, and to the 

 labour centres in the Transvaal was going on actively, so that the 

 " natural " increase was much greater than this. According to the 1904 

 census report the Bantu population of the native territories (excluding 

 Pondoland) and the part of the colony east of the 24th meridian in- 

 creased between 1879 and 1891 by 232,768, or at the rate of 30 per 

 1000 per ainium, and between 1891 and 1904 by 303,961, or just under 

 26 per 1000 per annum. Taking the whole of the colony and n;itive 

 territories included in the census of 1891 (i.e. exclusive of i-'ondt)l<ind 

 and Griqualand West) during the thirteen years 1891 to 1904, the 

 "mixed and other coloured" increased by only 82,460 or 18-2 jM-r 

 lOOn per annum. This was the "actual" increase, anrl, owing to the 

 considerable innnigraticm of Asiatics, was considerably in excess of the 

 "natural" increase. From the coming into operation of the Tnuni- 

 gration Act on 1st February, 1903, to 30th June, 1904, the Asiatic 

 immigrants inimbei-ed 1943. 



huring the same thii-teeii years the IJantu po])ulation increased 

 by 320,844, or 25*24 pei- 1000 per annum. And not only was this an 

 entirely "natural" increase, but it was not the whole of the "natural" 

 increase, as at the time of the 1904 census a large number of natives 



