Census of the Colony of Natal

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	population census
Producer	Natal colonial government
Coverage	1891-1904
Works using it	4

Debates

Debate	Works
Census, race classification and demographic data	4

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Christopher (2002a)	Census of the Colony of Natal 1891	1891	Shows Natal merely estimated the indigenous population and enumerated mixed-race people with Europeans.
Christopher (2002b)	Census of the Colony of Natal 1891	1891	Shows Natal's first census only estimated the indigenous population and enumerated mixed-race people with Europeans.
Christopher (2009a)	Census of the colony of Natal 1891 and 1904	1891, 1904	Shows Natal's restricted 1891 enumeration (Africans and indentured Indians taken from other departments' figures) and the distinctive racial classifications.
Christopher (2009b)	Census of the colony of Natal 1891 and 1904	1891, 1904	Shows that the 1891 Natal census enumerated only Whites and non-indentured Indians, with African and indentured Indian numbers taken from departmental figures, while 1904 followed imperial precedent.