The largest number of children born to a New Zealand farmer, according to the latest completed returns, was 20. The age of the mother was 52, and the duration of the marriage was 32 years. The number of the family' still living, unfortunately, is not known, but the same returns quote the case of a family of 17 as that of the greatest number of surviving children of one family. The age of the mother jn this case was 47, and the marriage had reached the 29th year. In the same returns it was noticed that there were nearly 400 New Zealand families where the number of surviving children exceeded 12. z :
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 20, 16 February 1927, Page 2
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