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Some of the principal urban centres in the Union, with over 10,000 inhabitants in 1911, had a white population as follows: —

Cities Census Cities. jgp^

Census 1911

Cities.

Census 1 Census 1904 1 1911

Johannesburg . . . ' 83,363 Durban .... 31,302 Cape Town . . . 44,203 Pretoria . . . .21.114 Port Elizabeth. . . 21,987 Woodstock . . . 21.530

119,953 31,783 29,863 29,618 18,190 17,957

Germiston Maritzburg Bloemfontein . Kimberley Krugersdor]) East London .

9,123 15,086 15,501 13.556

6,946 14,686

15,579 14,737 14,720 13,598 13,132 12,279

Instruction.

In the South Africa Act, section 85 (iii. ), it is provided that "Education, other than higher education, for a period of five years and thereafter until Parliament otherwise provides," shall be and remain under the jurisdiction of the respective Provincial Councils. For practical purposes it lias been provisionally determined that all post matriculation instruction shall be deemed to constitute higher education.

The Department of Education, under the Minister, is therefore concerned with: —

(1) The University of the Cape of Good Hope, Capetown, established in 1873. It is empowered to grant degrees, but it has no attached teaching institutions. (2) The South African College, Capetown, founded in 1829. (3) Victoria College, Stellenbosch, incorporated in 1881. (4) Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, incorporated in 1904. (5) Huguenot College, Wellington, incorporated in 1907. (6) Grey University College, Bloemfontein, incorporated in 1910. (7) Transvaal University College, Pretoria, incorporated in 1910. (8) South African School of Mines and Technology, Johannesburg, incorporated in 1910. (9) Natal University College, Pietermaritzburg, incorporated in 1909.

The total number of students at the above Colleges in 1912 was 1,233, and the State expenditure on Higher Education during 1911-12 was 107,888Z.

Finance.

Years ended March 31

1910-11

1911-12

1912-131

Revenue Expenditure

£, 14,014,000 13,536,000

£

17,284,847 16,603,693

£

16,288,000 17,129,851

1 Estii

nates.

The Public Debt of the Union (1912) is 117,260,534Z. composed as follows:— 54, 112, 446Z. at 3 per cent.; 2,000,000^. at 3| per cent.; 35,788,648^. at 3| per cent.; 22,906, 639Z. at 4 per cent.; 1,871,688^. at 4^ per cent.; and 581,113Z. at 5 per cent.

Provincial Finances.

Under Section 118 of the South African Act a Commission was appointed to enquire into the Financial arrangements between the .Union Government and the Provincial Councils. The Commission made certain recommendations which were embodied in a Bill and presented to Parliament, but the Bill was dropped. Consequently the only Provincial

Revenue is the amount voted by Parliament by way of subsidies for the performance of