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THE statesman's YEAR-BOOK, 1913

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Parliamentary Eepresentation.— On the basis of the 1911 census, the representation of the several Provinces in the next Parliament will be as follows : Cape, 51 ; Transvaal, 45 ; Orange Free State, 17 ; Natal, 17.

Beligions. — The results of the 1911 census as regards religions are as follows : — Europeans : Dutch Churches, 693,898; Anglican, 255,640; Presbyterian, 58,633; Congregationalists, 13,335 ; Wesleyans, 80,402 ; Lutherans, 22,958 ; Roman Catholics, 53,793 ; Baptists, 15,088; Jews, 46,919; others and unspecified, 35,576; total, 1,276,242. Non-Europeans: Dutch Churches, 204,702; Anglican, 276,849; Presbyterians, 72,114; Independents (Congrega- tionalists), 173,982 ; "Wesleyans, 456,017 ; African Methodist Episcopal, 59,103 ; Lutherans, 195,308; Roman Catholics, 37,212; Hindus, 115,701; Buddhists and Confucians, 1,783; Mahomedans, 45,842 ; no religion, 3,012,648 ; others and unspecified, 45,861 ; total, 4,697,152.

Occupations.— The census returns for 1911 show the occupations of the people to be as follows : -Professional, 59,721; domestic, 290,560; commercial, 81,627; agricultural, 192,424; industrial, 143,255; indefinite, 10,745: dependents, 492,959; unspecified, 4,951. As to the civil service, there are 26,258 white persons, of whom 294 are females, who are engaged in the general or local government or the defence of the Union of South Africa. There are some 342,000 persons of all races employed in the mining industry of the Union ; of these 47,000 are Europeans,

Finance.- follows : —

-The revised estimates for 1912-13 and the budget estimates for 1913-14 are as

Revenue Expenditure

1912-13 £

17,314,000 17,196,000

1913-14 £

16,600,000 16,170,000

Tlie reduction of £714,000 in the estimated revenue is mainly due to the discontinuance of the railway contribution of £500,000 to the general revenue.

Trade. — The imports and exports in 191 2 were as follows : —

Imports £

Merchandise. . . 36,009,841

Articles for South Afriftan ) „ qq^ t ^^

Governments. . J -,sz.',iiJ

Specie .... 1,006,250

Total

39,845,210

Exports. South African Produce Re-exports.

Total

£ 61,594,113 1,678,630

63,272,743

The principal articles of merchandise were :—

Imports.

£

Exports.

£

Bags

475.962

South African Produce.

Cotton Manufactures.

3,237,058

Coal ....

1,173,820

Drugs and Chemicals.

918,543

Copper Ore and Regulus

432,265

CofTee

807,253

Diamonds

9,153,316

Corn, GraiQ and Flour

1,059,126

Ostrich Feathers.

2,609,638

Meat

478,345

Maize ....

443,492

Milk or Cream, Condensed.

424,460

Gold, raw


 * 3S,342,306

Rice and Paddy.

389,815

Hair, angora

967,286

Spirits (potable).

374,398

Hides and Skins.

1,691,014

Total Articles of Food and

Wool ....

4,780,594

Drink ....

6,359,404

Furniture, &c.

712,449

Glycerine for Manufactures

537,743

Haberdashery and Millinery

1,412,557

Hardware and Cutlery.

1,811,597

Agricultural Implements

437,859

Iron and Steel Manufactures

1,372,165

Leather Goods

1,685,662

Machinery (except loco-

motives)

2,688,745

Railway Material.

162,041

Oils

725,030

Stationery and Books.

789,266

Vehicles ....

1,078,389

Wood and Timber

1,061,047

Woollen Manufactures.

925,430