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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
