DOMINION POPULATION

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1668, 7 February 1913, Page 5

DOMINION POPULATION

' ft. Vi;";,iNC!REASE;i?OB:,i!)ia.': ', ; ; •!; vyl i! l A.■t«t^Ta■■.l)y..the^aovenunent''■SletUt^•'' : • : cian;iprinted, in■"the ..current ■'■ Gazette,' ••■■ '■■'■■ 1 thows the. ostomated mean population of '■ '' JJ eT V- Zcalaud (exclusive of Mabris. and •:'■■'■ :j Oook and ; other; Pacific" Islands)! for i tho .' ■'■■■■) year 1912, a? ,1,038,975 persons. iThe total -''5 estimated,'population of the Dominion on '.'vi December 31, 1912 was 1,114,987 persons, ,'-»'■•''] .;. Chinese ;,tro/included ..in) tho":pojnilatiou'' ; ' : 1 given above. 'The number in Few Zealand ■ S I L Deco,n,>er 31, 1912, was estimated to bo "':'•■*, 2520, of, whom,,}o2 ..wcre'i feinate.i'h. >•' ) ;•■• -Maoris,;, .the. population-in';'■■'■■ "i creased by' 27,139,' br.at.tho ra& of 1 2.(15 ■* 4 per, cent;,'■; during'thb'^-e«rl'■.'To".tbjs"Ui-:."■.'4 crease,. excess of- .births,o veir 'deaths ; con.' '■ . • tnbuted,Jß,2l2,' and excess of. arrivals over : \'. v departures 8,827 v' ■' |- Vn• jAJ'.j.r. ..;,-.-• •-">»' >,''.: The birthi^i{^fo;t.tllo,Donllmon^'ln•"ibu' was. 26,48' per;. 1000• of, mean'■ population, *~:,: : and tho dcathVato'B.9s, r as against'2s.97 :.: and 9.39 respectively'in' 1911.' ; .,: .Thd deaths in'191i(3295) Vers less thai :i ;ii the number registered'in 1911 (9534) by."'':j 239,iand the -rate-per 1000 fell' from 9.39 £08.95.' . .■(■'■ "'■. . :•',•' ■-.■■ ,'.•■," v ; : ;.'..f>J :/,The■ number of i marriages '. ' (eictudinir,'*"l those .■. contracted::•.. ■ between <'ii Maori?):■ Y-i solemnised in.: 1912' is estimated at "9250,' ',i givjjig ; a rate of 8.90 per 1000 of the mean ''■'■ [ $ ■ popmationV'-ngcinst .'8825 and 8.70/ the■."'::•';' actual number/and rate in 1911.- : ■■■.v'.--. ■.;;-{ v.Tho fluctuations of the birth, death; and 1 ,V 4 marriage rates for the last ten years aro* 1 ■as under:—: >/;'•'■.'■•.■ :f:,' .;,' ,\ ■• ,';: ;■ :.:.-■':::,*% • •',"•'■';,. Per '1000 of Population; ~,: ,.,..: .:::' ; .Birtl^;.-. J Death,,.,; Jlarriog5 f iw ■;; 'ij r \ ' '•. rato.»: : !..i. 1. rate.i'i • ~*-ra'tciH'v. ■■. \ ■ . 1903\.;:2pi: ( ; w ' (J( lO,4<K , M 8,23/^:.:: 1904... 2G.94 :..■ '.. .9.57 ' 8.2(1' '■! ■ "}A V 1005 .!,•"■' ,27.22..-, ■■;, , j v , ,9.27'.,-../ ,8.28 '.'.'■ '■':■ >Vv!i ■ -■■ 1900 V,; 27.08' ■-'■: Y.y'lSl " I ',''i.' i ß'.4B -, ':.'>"J i ''"'^ :.:.• 1907..1-27.30:.v:, ftio.95 ■■" "y'vJß.9i;i:;-* ; ;■ -| ' ':; 1908... ;27.45\ ; :.-/:' 0.57: A g.82 ,: '• ' 4 1909 .v. 27.29 ' ,' ' 9.23 -'8.33''.,.: : : ■"■'; i ■■"'.H10';,'.'!:20.17 '""■'■', 9171 W * 8.30 *L ,'■'V'ri V ;19U.„ 25.97 :.:rr 9.39;::;;/.V' ; 8.70--r:;■;,: VI '.. 1912... 20.48*, : ~:- 8.95*',.8,90». •".;,';! V' •■■'■ '•Subject to'rovision; ,wl v ! ' "'<■: 'M '•'."■'■; ' ' ' •-—. :'."jg::-:;--:.:j