100 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS — SECTION E. 



have been established and financed by Christian missionary 

 bodies. 



If Christian missions are able to do such good work among 

 the Native races of this country, it is obviously the duty of the 

 State to do everything in its power to support and encourage 

 them in that work. The fact that grants-in-aid are made to 

 mission schools may l)e taken as a proof that the Government 

 recognizes the existence of such an obligation. It only remains, 

 therefore, to see w'hether these grants-in-aid are adequate, and 

 whether the Government is really fulfilling its obligation to- 

 wards the Native races. 



The cost of education in the South African Union is borne 

 by the Provincial Councils. The expenditure under this head 

 for Native Kducation, as far as I haA'e been able to get the 

 figures for last year, was as follows : — 



Natal £21.587* 



Orange Free State £4,858t 



Transvaal ("Coloured") £29,126:!; 



Ca])e Province £ioo,ooo§ 



This makes a total of £i35o7i.|| 



The total amount produced by direct taxation of the Bantu 

 last year was £863.731 4s. 3d-|| The direct benefit received from 

 the Ciovernment by the Natives may be roughly indicated by 

 adding the amounts voted to the administration of Justice 

 (Native Affairs Department) (£294.426). to the amount 

 devoted to Native Education (£135.571), making a total of 

 £429,997. If these figures are correct, the excess of revenue 

 from direct taxation over direct expenditure on the Natives last 

 year amounted to £433,734! 



I am unfortunately not in the position at the present moment 

 to verify these figures, but I believe I am well within the mark'. 



I am not here to-day as the representative of morality and 

 justice, but I mereh' (piote these figures to .show that the Govern- 

 ment can and should do far more than it is doing to-day in the 

 matter oif educating and develojiing one of its greatest assets, 

 the Bantu population. 



The Native problem is acknowledged by all to be the most 

 difficult problem with which our statesmen are faced to-day, and 

 it is only by recognition of the principle that the progress and 

 prosperity of South Africa as a whole must dei)end on the pro- 

 gress and prosperity of cfcry section of the community tliat a 

 satisfactory solution can be found. 



* Statistical Year Book of South Africa. 1915-16. p. .^o.^. 



flbid.,\).s\2. 



t This apparently includes '" coloured " as well as Bantu schools. I 

 believe the amount for "native" schools only amounted to £t8,ooo. 



§ I have not been able to get the exact figure devoted to native 

 schools liy the Cape Provincial Council, l)ut 1 have been told In- one who 

 had seen the I'lgure tliat it was a1)out iiocooo. 



II It is interesting to compare tliis figure with the amount of £2.241,797, 

 which is tlie sum spent on primary and secondary education in the four 

 Provinces (exclusive of expenses incurred by the Pul)bc Works Depart- 

 ment, etc.), during the same period! 



T The total revenue from natives in 1910 was £1,419,904 3s. 3d. 



