DOMINION POPULATION.
DROP IN BIRTH RATE. The monthly abstract of statistics compiled by the Acting-Government Statistician shows that at December 31st the Dominion population was 1,1C4,405, representing an increase on the year of 50,035, or 5.3G per cent. This is the largest percentage for the comparative period (ten years) covered by the abstract. The population comprised 588,908 males and 575,500 females. Figures showing the marriage boora were not available at the time of compilation, but the birth rate showed another fall, being 21.55 per cent 1000 population, against 23.44 last year. This represents an actual fall of I.SO on 1918 and 414 on 1917.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1920, Page 7
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104DOMINION POPULATION. Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1920, Page 7
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