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Rh Town Province Population, 1911 White Coloured Total Population, 1918 White

Over 10,000 and less than 20,000—

6. Pietermaritzburs Natal 14,737 15,818 30,555 18,525

7. East London Cape 14,899 9,707 24,606 17,592

8. Benoni Transvaal 8,639 23,921 32,560 17,683

9. Kimberley Cape 17,507 26,926 44,433 17,188

10. Germiston Transvaal 15,579 38,746 54,325 16,196

11. Bloemfontein Orange Free State 14,720 12,205 26,925 15,631

12. Krugersdorp Transvaal 13,132 42,012 55,144 13,663

13. Boksburg Transvaal 11,529 32,099 48,628 11,950

Occupations.—The census returns for 1911 showed 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; dependants, 492,959; unspecified, 4,951. There were 26,258 white persons, of whom 294 were females, who were engaged in the general or local government or the defence of the Union of South Africa. There were some 842,000 persons of all races employed in the mining industry of the Union; of these 47,000 were Europeans.

Migration.—1919. Arrivals, 27,106, departures, 24,784.

Vital Statistics.—The following table gives the total numbers of marriages, births and deaths registered in the Union for recent years for all races:—

Year Marriages Births Deaths Year Marriages Births Deaths

1913 23,760 102,234 64,466 1917 25,533 102,369 66,117

1915 22,630 105,091 64,711 1918 23,796 118,661 141,686

1916 24,812 24,812 106,662 67,761 1919 28,371 98,009 86,144

The following table shows the marriage, birth and death rates (based on revised estimates of population, according to census of 1918) of white persons, per 1,000 of the white papulation only:—

Year Marriage rate Birth rate Death rate Year Marriage rate Birth rate Death rate

1913 9·08 31·68 10·27 1917 8·64 23·99 10·26

1915 3·34 29·33 10·30 1918 8·18 28·59 17·17

1916 8·43 29·33 10·24 1919 9·12 26·97 11·90

Religions.—The results of the European census of 1918 as regards religious are as follows —Europeans: Dutch Churches, 800,178; Anglicans, 265,149; Presbyterian, 60,471; Congregationalists, 13,176: Wesleyans, 91,199; Lutherans, 20,320: Roman Catholics, 55,552; Baptists, 15,507; Jews, 58,741; others and unspecified, 41,495; total, 1,421,731. Non-Europeans as at the census of 1911; Dutch Churches, 204,702; Anglican, 276,849; Presbyterians, 72,114; Independents (Congregationalists), 173,982; Wesleyans, 456,017; African Methodist Episcopal, 59,103; Lutherans, 195,308;