The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume IX, No. 4 [‎229r] (128/172)

THE MONTHLY RECORD.
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Luapula progress by boat was so slow that the traveller left his crew to pole the
Y,gvlant up the stream, and d,d the greater part of the journey to the lake on foot
Ihe chief Chinyama proved suspicious, and rumours of an impending attack by
Mieri-Mieri were circulated, but by showing a firm front this danger ivas averted
and threats of desertion by the men likewise came to nothing. Bangweolo was
circumnavigated in the I ujilani with a crew of twenty-live men. Regarding the
lake, Mr. Weather ey says, “The existing map is very much out, and the°W
adjoining lake, Ch.funanti, ,s not inserted at all. A narrow sand embankment,
400 yards in width separates the two I fancy Bemba, or Bangweolo, is'a
good deal smaller than it is made out to be in maps. It look, enormous-a vast
expanse ot water, looking at it from the east or west coasts, as the land is so low.”
Ihe character of the lake is that of an overflowing of the country at the base of
the Tanganyika plateau by water from the latter. Nowhere was a greater depth
than 13 feet and a few inches obtained. No shells were seen. The Chambezi is
a small river, the marsh along its course being impassable for even small canoes in
the dry season. r l he whole east side of Bangweolo is nothing but a sea of papyru«
Mr. Weatherley found that the Luongo river, which Mr. Sharpe considered as’
possibly identical with a channel entering the Luapula in 10° 11' S., really joins
the latter above the Johnston falls. 1 J
Johannesburg. A census of the town and district of Johannesburg was held
on July 15 of last year, and the principal results are given in the table below
Euro
peans
ami
other
whites.
Malays.
Indian
coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
and
Chinese.
Kaftirs.
Mixed
races.
Tot il.
Males.
Females
Town proper
Sanitary board area ...
Area of enumeration i
('18 square miles) .../
35,868
39,454
50,907
500
948
952
2098
4556
4807
8,635
14.195
42,533
1230
2139
2879
48.331
61.292
102.078
34,103
43,729
79,315
14,228
17,563
22,763
The town was founded on September 20, 1886; in April, 1887, had a population of
3000; and in January, 1890, 26,300. At the census of 1896, 63 per cent, of the
population were between the ages of fifteen and thirty, only 21 per cent, above
thirty. The disproportion of the sexes is not so great in the white as in the Kaffir
population, 37 per cent, of the whites, only 4 per cent, of the Kaffirs, having been
females. The origin of the white population within the area of enumeration,
according to the place of birth, is shown in the following table:—
British Empire ...
34,020
Brought forward
United Kingdom ... 16,26~>
Netherlands
819
Cape Colony 15,162
France
402
(>ther Britieh posxefsionx 2 r 596
Scandinavia
311
Transvaal
6,205
Italy
2C6
Orange Free State
1,734
Rest of Europe ...
889
Russia
3,335
United States
616
Germany
2,262
Other countries ...
108
Carried forward
47,556
Total
... 50,907
The British element thus made up 67 per cent, of the total. Of the blacks, only
754 were natives of the Transvaal, 27,468 were from British South Africa, 14,085
from Portuguese territories. Of the total population, 93 per cent, was of foreign
origin.