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POPULATION INCREASE

THE CENSUS IN FRANCE. (Per Press Association— Copyright). LONDON, December 27. The Paris correspondent of "The Times" states that the French_ census for 1926 shows a population .of 40,743,851 (an increase in five years of 1 534,185, of whom half a million are purely French). Part of the increase is due to the return, of troops. A Paris message states the population, according to, the latest return, includes 2,'795,000 foreigners, of whom 500,000 live in Paris, and 150,000, mostly Of Italian extraction, in Southern France.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10806, 29 December 1926, Page 8

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POPULATION INCREASE Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10806, 29 December 1926, Page 8

POPULATION INCREASE Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10806, 29 December 1926, Page 8