NEW ZEALAND CENSUS

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19899, 30 May 1936, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND CENSUS

DOMINION TOTALS. LOW RATE OF GROWTH. ‘ (By Telegraph..—Press Association.) \\‘ELLINGTON, Friday. Returns to hand for the census taken on March 24, are now sufllolently complete to disclose the total poplfla' tion, The recorded results are provisional. being subject to correction on the tlnal check, but it is unlikely that amendments of a. serious nature will be required. The figures, which are inclusive oi" .\lnoris, relate to New Zea—lund proper. That is. they do not cover the lJominon's Island depend—eucies, \'iz., Cook Islands, Ntue Island. Tokelau Islands, and Western Samoa. The total population was 1.573.482, representing an Increase 0! 165,343. or 11.“ per rent., on the 1926 census. 'LJ’ _ - . - . Population Num.lnc. Inc. 1935 censl 1926-36 P.C. North Island 1,017,766 125.087 14.01 South Island (inc. Chatham ’ Islands and Stewart Island 555,716 40,956 7.81 1,574,432 165,343 11.74 The rate of growth of population during the decade which elapsed between the 1926 and 1936 censuses IS the lowest recorded for any decade in the history of New Zraland. It represents a heavy decline on the rate of growth recorded during the five years between the censuses of 192! and 1926, when the population increased by 136,475, equal to 10.73 per cent. of the 1921 total. The North Island now contains 64.68 per cent. of New anland's population and the South Island 35.32 per cent. The corresponding percentages in 1926 ”were 63.39 and 36.61 respectively.