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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
By this return, it will be seen that, in the 
Western Province, where Malays and Mosam- 
biques constitute a large portion of the popula- 
tion, the majority is in favour of the males ; 
while, in the Eastern division, where the co- 
loured tribes of the country principally dwell, 
it is in favour of the females. In Kaffirland 
this is still more discernible. 
From this table may further be adduced, 
that, of the total population of the South African 
Colony, two-thirds are coloured tribes. It may 
also be noticed that in all the districts the pro- 
portion of males to females, among the whites, 
has the advantage of about five per cent ; but, 
among the coloured races the females have a 
decided majority in numbers. The census of 
British Kaffraria is 67,358, of whom 700 are 
estimated as white people. In this, however, are 
not included the numbers of troops employed 
in the defences and wars. 
The average population of this country per 
square mile is about 1^. How different is this 
from the recent overstocked state of Ireland, 
where the average was 300 per square mile ; 
and how advantageously might both have been 
equalized by a transfer from one to the other, 
and thus have been mutually benefited. 
Griqua-Town is the principal location of this 
race, situated about fifty miles to the North of 
