MALE DOMINANCE IS THREATENED

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 147, 12 September 1927, Page 12

MALE DOMINANCE IS THREATENED

INCREASE OF WOMEN The days of masculine dominance are nearly over for New Zealand. Already the females outnumber the males in all the larger towns, and in the older and more settled districts. This statement is made on the authority of the 1926-27 report on population, which states that to every 1,000 males, inclusive of Maoris, there are 956 females. The probability is advanced that, as in older countries, a feminine predominance will be asserted within a comparatively short period unless changes take place in the sex-composition of new immigrants. The proportion of males to females, exclusive of Maoris, at different periods in the history of the country, are

The position in 1926 was exactly the same as in 1921. The European population at March 31 last was estimated at 701,774 males and 671,972 females, and the Maori at 33,564 males and 30,670 females. The grand total in New Zealand proper is 1,437,980 people, and, with the dependencies, including mandated Samoa, 1,495,129.

The well-known flower lobelia was named after Matthias de Lobel, a Flemish botanist, who was physician to the English king James 1. The family of the lobelia is very widely distributed about the world, and has no fewer than 540 members, of which we cultivate several.

as follow: — Males. Females. Year. Per, Cent. Per Cent. 1861 61.67 38.33 1871 58.64 41.36 1881 55.03 44.97 1891 53.12 46.88 1901 52.54 47.46 1911 52.74 47.26 1921 51.05 48.95