Statistical abstract 1955

It gives me great pleasure to be able to write this Foreword to the first issue of the Kenya Statistical Abstract. Kenya cannot have too much economic and statistical information available for study by those who are interested in its growth and its future. If the development of the country in both the public and private sectors is to be guided correctly, that knowledge is needed, and by means of such publications as this the basic information will be made available to those who wish to seek it. It is noton general opinions but on quantitative knowledge, accurately assessed, that we should base our economic plans.