– in the House of Commons am ar 29 Mawrth 1939.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total area of the Gold Coast, including Togoland; the extent of the land owned by the Crown, and the area legally granted to non-natives; the area of Nigeria; and its distribution as between non-natives and natives, respectively?
The total area of the Gold Coast, including Togoland under British Mandate, is 91,843 square miles, and the extent of the land owned by the Crown is 185 square miles. The areas legally granted to non-natives under the Northern Territories Land and Native Rights Ordinance total approximately 0 34 square miles. For other parts of the Gold Coast no record is kept of lands held by non-native owners. Of the 372,599 square miles which comprise the total area of Nigeria, including Cameroons under British Mandate, 371,448 (or 99.6 per cent.) are held by natives and 1,151 (or 0.4 percent.) by non-natives.