CENSUS RETURNS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 285, 3 December 1901, Page 2

CENSUS RETURNS.

WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE BORN, A further census return shows that of the 772,719 white people in the colony at March 31st, 761,104, or 985 i per cent, were British subjects, 4672 being foreigners who have become naturalised. The foreign subjects totalled 11,615, or 1-5 per cent, of the whole. In Auckland district there were 837 naturalised British subjects and 3510 foreigners (2 pw cent.). In Wellington the naturalised subjc's numbered 1351 and the foreigners 2394 (1-69 per cent.). In Otago there were 545 naturalised subjects and 2230 foreigners (1-29 per cent.). The proportion of foreigners in Westland reached 4-98 per cent., and in "the Chatham Islands 2 42 per cent. Another interesting table shows the number of each nationality and the incease or decrease duiiog tbe five years since 1896. It is noticeable tbat those of English, Scotch, lush and Welsh nationalities all show a decrease, as also do all except the Canadians among those from other British po sessions outride of the Commonwealth and Fiji. Among the foreigners there is a general decrease, a notab'e exception being tbe Austrians, who have in-

creased ay ujs-71 per cent., or, numerically, from 881 to 1874. Those owning the Australian States as their fatherland all show substantial increases, the principal being West Australia 69-64 per cent., Fiji 48-34 per cent., New South Wslee4l'7s per cent., and Queensland 3636 per cent. The native born New Zoalanders hare increased by 16.86 percent., ornum*rically by 74,445. The number'* of the chief nationalities at March 31st were as follows: - Native born 516,106, England 111,964, Scotland 47,858, Ireland 43,524, Victoria 12,583, New South Wales 6430, Germany 4217, Tasmania 3720, China 2902, Denmark 2120, i»us(tria Hungary 1874, Wales 1765, South Australia 1575, Sweden 1548, Canada 1544, India and O-ylon 1286, Norway 1279, Queensland 1271, Aus'rali* (State not named) 1222, United States of America 881, North America 776, unspecified British possessions 724, Fr.uc* 609, tm.pe. ifiel 442, Italy 428, n'her l'or< ign rountr'es 422, Rus'ia 387, Switzerland 333, Fiji 224, West Indies 208, W«Bt P fn Aus'rali* 190, Portugal 172, Oape Colony 141, Greece 123, Be 1 -' gum 117. Holland 116, Africa 103, Poland 97,Spa ; n 59, M-lta 55, Gibraltar 48, St, H • l»jna 43, European countries unspeeifie'l 30.—jV.if. 'iimea.