488 NATIVK EDUCATION IN' Till-; TKANSKEI. 



examined carefully with a full realisation of the al)ove considera- 

 tions. 



While recognising- the fact that a census was taken in the 

 years 1865, 1875. 1891, 1904. and 191 1, we also need to remeniher, 

 as already pointed out, that the area of census has varied from 

 the Cape Colony proper to the whole of the Union. We are thus 

 unable to state finally whether the increase is uniform, or stibject 

 to great fluctuations, or rising progressively. We do, however, 

 know that the Bantu population increased from 838.136 in 1891 

 to 1,424,787 in 1904; that in 13 years there was an increase of 

 586,651, which means 70 per cent. — but ditring that period Pondo- 

 land was annexed. We also know that in 1911 there was an 

 increase of 95,152 in the seven-year period, and it is apparent that 

 in the ordinary course of nature very substantial increases in the 

 native population are to be ex])ected. Tn the Transkeian Terri- 

 tories the net increase at 1911 (_ensus was 8.70 per cent. 



(b) III the Union of South Africa. — .A. further consideration 

 which cannot be neglected in the contem])lation of the future is 

 that of the native poi)ulation in the Union. If the figures relating 

 to the Transkei are large, what shall we say concerning those of 

 British South Africa? Tf the state of Native Education is so 

 far advanced in the Transkei and yet needs to co])e wiin not less 

 than ;^y2 times the jM-esent numbers attending school, what shall 

 we say of those parts of the L-nion where Native Education is all 

 but untouched? What manner of task lies before us? What 

 prodigious future to be faced — and what a mitrhty reservoir of 

 intellectual and economic power to be ta])i>efi. and released, in 

 the interests of the South African State? 



'Tis only when we allow our thoughts to grapple with the 

 prospect that we realise that Native f*!ducation is only in its 

 infancy, and that is why it is so im])ortant that we should take the 

 long view, and build on sure foundations. The South .\frican 

 Native College is not a day before its time, and when it becomes 

 the Native University, what a constituency it will have — from the 

 Cape to beyond the Zambesi ! And where with a po])ulation of 

 1^4 millions we already have three universities and a fourth in 

 prospect, how many Universities will not the native poi)ulation in 

 due season support ? 



Once more it has seemed necessary to leave as little as pos- 

 sible to the imagination in order to avoid the spectre of exaggera- 

 tion, and accordingly a group of four tables, Nos. XIII, XI\'. 

 W, and XYI, have been arranged so as to show at a glance the 

 largeness ot \hv numbi-rs inxolved. 



