VITAL STATISTICS.
(per press association).
Wellington, This Day.
The population of the colony on the 31st December was estimated at 810,537, inclusive of 39,854 Maoris. At the end of 1899 the estimated population, exclusive of Maoris,Vvas 756,505. The births registered during 1900 numbered 19,546 and the deaths 7,200. The arrivals in the colony during the year were 18,074, and the departures 16,243. The number of Chinese in the colony is estimated at 3,077, including 34 females. The increase in the population during the year has been at the rate of 1.87 per cent.
The comparison of the birth, death, and marriage rates for the colony for the last three years is as follows : —Births —1898, 25.74 per 1000; 1899, 25.12 per 1000: 1900, 25.60 per 1000. Deaths—lß9B, 9.84 per 1000 : 1899, 10.24 ; 1900, 9.43. Marriages—lß9B, 6.91 per 1000; 1899, 7.28; 1900, 7.66. The figures for the year 1900 are subjected revision.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 February 1901, Page 3
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