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much below the mark. The approximate numbers at 
the present day are : the Masai 75,000, the Turkana 
25,000, the Suk 10,000, and the Kamasia 5,000 or 
perhaps a few more all round. I am inclined to think 
that the numbers of the Masai have always been 
under-estimated. 
The hut-tax was increased from 38,000 rupees in 
1909-10 to 50,000 rupees in 1910-11. 
In the Kenia Province . 
The native population is almost entirely Kikuyu. 
Its numbers are shown to be almost stationary during 
the last two years, according to Government Reports. 
Probably, however, the Kikuyu are increasing fast ; 
the relatively small rise in population being in reality 
due to the fact that larger gangs of labourers leave the 
province every year to work elsewhere. I should put 
their numbers at approximately 1,200,000. 
Plut-tax in the province has shown a much larger 
growth proportionately during the same period, namely 
from about 417,000 rupees to 600,000. 
In the Ukamha Province. 
We have the remainder of the Wa-Kikuyu and also 
the Wa-Kamba. The native population is said to 
have been 288,000 in 1909-10 and 320,000 in 1910-11. 
But, necessarily, the census of the Wa-Kamba is by no 
means accurate. I should imagine that they alone 
number considerably over a quarter of a million. 
Hut-tax has increased during the same period from 
253,000 rupees to 340,000 rupees. 
Of these various tribes the Kikuyu and Kavirondo 
supply practically the whole of the labour utilised by 
Government or settlers, the Kikuyu in far the larger 
