Hilary St George Saunders, The Left Handshake, 1948

Appendix II

Census of Boy Scout Associations
Showing Total Numbers in 1939 and 1947 Respectively

*Association*	Total 1939	Total 1947	*Remarks*
Afghanistan	352	—	Not now registered.
America (United States)	1,271,900	2,063,397
Argentine	5,500	10,300
Armenian Scouts	884	2,335
Austria	—	5,260	Nonexistent in 1939.
Belgium	16,924	53,495
Brazil	10,689	10,689
Bulgaria	6,206	—	Not now registered.
Canada	—	98,794	1939 figures included under Great Britain.
Chile	7,606	16,568
China	315,776	315,776
Colombia	966	966
Costa Rica	316	950
Cuba	3,590	1,854
Czechoslovakia	20,000	67,200
Denmark	18,116	36,675
Dominican Republic	1,227	600
Ecuador	450	450
Egypt	10,134	8,000
El Salvador	—	536	Nonexistent in 1939.
Estonia	7,249	—	Not now registered.
Finland	12,358	17,389
France	93,985	211,727
Great Britain (British Empire)	698,885	604,249	Includes Canada, now separately registered.
Greece	12,000	41,722
Guatemala	150	709
Haiti	—	709	Not previously registered.
Hungary	59,500	30,000
Iceland	1,164	2,112
India	285,502	414,649	Total includes 24,830 for Madras.
Iran	10,483	—	Not now registered.
Iraq	33,481	—	Not now registered.
Italy	—	64,220
Japan	3,100	—	Not now registered.
Latvia	8,174	—	Not now registered.
Lebanon	—	2,196	Registered jointly with Syria in 1939.
Liechtenstein	416	422
Lithuania	8,881	—	Not now registered.
Luxembourg	2,192	4,864	Details not received.
Mexico	1,105	4,721
Netherlands	36,212	116,000
Nicaragua	—	740	Not previously registered.
Norway	14,934	22,534
Peru	1,225	1,855
Philippines	—	61,379	Previously registered with the B. S. A.
Poland	130,541	—
Portugal	3,009	2,638
Russian Scouts (National Association)	1,121	—	Not now registered.
Siam	98,747	—	Not now registered.
South Africa	25,284	25,168
Spain	—	—	Figures unobtainable.
Sweden	23,786	51,135
Switzerland	19,724	25,010
Syria	11,787	—	1939 figures refer to Syria and Lebanon.
Venezuela	4,690	4,853
Yugoslavia	4,828	—	Not now registered.
Grand Total	3,305,149	4,404,846

Table of Contents

Hilary St George Saunders, The Left Handshake, 1948

				Forward by Lord Rowallan, Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire.
				Chapter I: Bravery. The Story of Jan van Hoof
				Chapter II: Enterprise. Lord Baden-Powell
				Chapter III: Purpose. Scouting in the British Isles
				Chapter IV: Resolution. Scouting in Occupied Countries
				Chapter V: Endurance. Scouting in Captivity
				Chapter VI: Partnership. Scouting in the Empire and in the U.S.A.
				Chapter VII: Assurance. Scouting in Refugee and Displaced Persons’ Camps
				Chapter VIII: Reformation. Scouting in the Defeated Countries
				Chapter IX: Enthusiasm. The Movement and its Meaning
				Chapter X. Devotion. The Jamboree of Peace
				Appendix I. Services Rendered
				Appendix II. Census of Boy Scout Associations in 1939 and 1947

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