Nyasaland.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1911]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Nyasaland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VII.—VITAL STATISTICS. 31. The European population is returned at 766 as against 587 last year, showing an increase of 179. 32. The Asiatic population amounts to 481 as against 435 in 1909-10, being an increase of 46. 33. Twenty European births were registered, as compared with 18 last year. 34. The registered deaths number 12, as against 16 last year. The deaths are made up as follows : —- European—Male (adults) ... ... ... 8 Female (infant) ... ... ... 1 Asiatic—Male (adults) ... ... ... 3 There were two deaths among Government officials. The majority of these deaths resulted from malaria, haemoglobin uric (blackwater) fever, and dysentery. 35. Thirteen marriages were celebrated during the year as com¬ pared with sixteen in the preceding year. 36. The native population is estimated at 969,183. VIII.—POSTAL. 37. The proposal to start a Post Office Savings Bank, which was made six years ago, was carried out on the 12th of November, 1910, when a Savings Bank Ordinance was passed in the Legis¬ lative Council, and submitted to the Secretary of State for approval. The limit of a deposit is to be £200, and 2\ per cent, interest is to be allowed to depositors. At first only the four more important Post Offices will conduct Savings Bank business. The Bank opened on the 1st of July, 1911. 38. The cash on delivery system of importing goods through the post has been much used this year; 158 of these parcels entered the Protectorate, valued at £333. 39. Postal revenue from all sources shows an increase on that for the previous year of £1,331; and a decrease in expenditure of £1,220. The net result is a deficit of £1,376. Money orders issued have increased by £1,086, but money orders paid have decreased by £928. The sale of stamps to collectors amounted to £665. The sales of British postal orders are still on the increase, as will be seen from the following figures: — Year. Sales. Poundage. Paid. £ £ £ 1909-10 . 10,040 136 6,634 1910-11 . 12,125 161 8,425 There is no doubt that the use of postal orders by the public has to a great extent superseded the practice of transmitting cash by hand, which was general a few years ago in this Protectorate.