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Mr. Dempsey
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names and populations of those territories coming within his jurisdiction.
Mr. Greenwood
There are thirty-two territories for which I am responsible excluding the British Antarctic Territory which has no permanent inhabitants. This list is as follows:
| Territory | Population (latest estimates) |
| Aden and the Protectorate of South Arabia | 1,100,000 |
| Antigua | 60,000 |
| Bahamas | 134,000 |
| Barbados | 242,000 |
| Basutoland | 733,000 |
| Bechuanaland Protectorate | 548,000 |
| Bermuda | 48,000 |
| British Guiana | 630,000 |
| British Honduras | 103,000 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory (1) | 1,400 |
| British Solomon Islands Protectorate | 137,000 |
| British Virgin Islands | 8,500 |
| Cayman Islands | 8,853 |
| Dominica | 64,000 |
| Falkland Islands and Dependencies | 2,117 |
| Fiji | 449,000 |
| Gibraltar | 24,386 |
| Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 50,000 |
| Grenada | 93,000 |
| Hong Kong | 3,692,000 |
| Mauritius | 741,000 |
| Montserrat | 13,500 |
| New Hebrides (2) | 66,000 |
| Pitcairn | 86 |
| St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | 59,000 |
| St. Helena and Dependencies (3) | 5,170 |
| St. Lucia | 94,000 |
| St. Vincent | 85,000 |
| Seychelles | 46,000 |
| Swaziland | 285,000 |
| Tonga (4) | 71,000 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 6,272 |