POPULATION OF HASTINGS
CENSUS AFTER EARTHQUAKE. HASTINGS, June 9. The Hastings Borough census was completed this morning. It shows a population of 12,713, including Maoris, an increase of 2565 over 1926”, or a percentage increase of 25.27, compared with 12.68 in the previous inter-censal period. The census was recommended by the Government to •< Hastings and Napier with the apparent purpose of finding out the effects of the earthquake on population movements. Napier exercised its option against taking a census. The population of that town is much in doubt, but it is commonly believed to have been very adversely affected by the earthquake. The greatest change has been the increase in males over 21, whose number rose from 2835 to 4218, an increase of 48.72 per cent. Male minors increased by 299. Female adults increased from 3085 to 3775, an increase of 22.36 per cent. Maoris living in the borough last census numbered 59, but were not separately counted this year.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4031, 16 June 1931, Page 5
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160POPULATION OF HASTINGS Otago Witness, Issue 4031, 16 June 1931, Page 5
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