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Cape Blue Books / Statistical Register

Literature › Primary sources
Kind official statistical series
Producer Cape Colonial Government
Coverage 1821-1909
Works using it 4

Debates

Debate Works
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War 2
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry 1
Census, race classification and demographic data 1
Finance, capital flight, the 1985 debt crisis and banking 1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation 1
Living standards, health and social policy 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Arndt (1928) Cape Blue Books of Statistics / Statistical Register of the Cape Colony 1821-1909 1821-1909 Source for notes withdrawn, the 1853 account of paper money destroyed, and branch/bank figures.
De Zwart (2012) Colonial Blue Books of the Cape Colony, CO 53/72-CO 53/88 (1837-1854) 1837-1854 Average wage rates for European and coloured workers and average market prices of consumables.
Lewis (1984a) Cape of Good Hope Blue Book 1860, Money, Accounts, Weights, Measures 1860 Defines the muid (180 lbs) for converting grain sales.
Simkins and Van Heyningen (1989) Cape of Good Hope Statistical Register 1891, 1903, 1904 1891-1904 Supplies municipal receipts, wool revenue, median wage rates by group and price/rent/housing information used to infer real income change and labour-market discrimination.