POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND.
(PEil PRESS ASSOCIATION). ■Wblunoton, 1 hia Day. Tho preliminary census returns for the Colony arc completed. They show a total population of 773,439 as against 626 658 in 1891, being an increase of 146,781.
Of the population Counties possessed -119,990, boroughs 350,775, shipping 3521, adjacent Islands and lighthouses 939, Chatham Islands 206, Kcrmadecs S. The population of the North Island was 391,143 as against 340,631 in 1893. and the South Island 381,829 against 362,236, Stewart Island 253 as against 252,
Though census returns shows a decrease in Maoris in the South Island, the native minister believes many half castes who were included in the Maori census live years ago, are now accounted for in .European census, and that the Maori population of the Island is as large as in 1896.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 11 May 1901, Page 4
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134POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 11 May 1901, Page 4
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