Annual report on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies / Colonial Office.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1957]
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Credit: Annual report on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies / Colonial Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART II Chapter 1: Population At the last census taken on 28th March, 1953, the population of the Colony was 2,230, made up as follows: Males Females Total Stanley ..... 557 578 1,135 Other districts, East Falklands . 410 232 642 West Falklands 279 174 453 TOTALS . 1,246 984 2,230 The total population at previous censuses was: 1921 • • # 2,094 1931 • • 2,392 1946 . • • • 2,239 The population is white and is almost entirely of United Kingdom origin. On 31st December, 1957, the population numbered 2,253 (2,294)*, of whom 1,256 (1,283) were males and 997 (1,011) females. The density of the population is approximately one person to every two square miles. About half the inhabitants live in Stanley, while the rest are divided, more or less equally, between the East and West Falklands. The number of births registered in 1957 was 41 (48), of which 18 (26) were male and 23 (22) female children. During the year there were 22 (22) marriages and 22 (18) deaths, of which 0 (1) were infants under two years of age. Two hundred and twenty-three (267) persons arrived in the Colony and 283 (252) left. The total population has decreased over the last 25 years by about 5 • 8 per cent, though the population of Stanley shows a slight increase. Chapter 2: Occupations, Wages and Labour Organisation EMPLOYMENT Sheep farming, the principal industry, employs approximately 500 men. Government and the Falkland Islands Company, Limited, are the main employers of labour in Stanley. The former employed an average of 61 men on hourly wages during 1957, including 22 work¬ men from Germany who were engaged on the new Stanley roads and water filtration projects, and the latter employed 90 men. A few artisans were engaged under contract from the United Kingdom on * Figures for 1956 are in brackets.