ONE MILLION AND A-HALF.
DOMINION'S POPULATION
INCLUDING THE ISLANDS
(By Telegrap'u.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Thursday.
The estimated population of the Dominion, including dependencies and mandated territory, at September 30, 1928, totalled 1,515,267, of whom 774.236 were males and 741,031 females.
The estimated Maori population accounted for 65,212, the Cook Islands, Niue, etc., for 14,352, and the mandated territory of Western Samoa for 43,169. Of the Maoris in New Zealand it is estimated 62,320 are in the North Island and 2892 in the South Island.
The figures for September 30, 192", showed a total population of 1,507,967. New Zealand proper, including Maoris, accounted for 1,450,114, of this number the Maoris totalling 64,603. Other item 3 in the grand total were: Cook Islands, Niue, etc., 14,178; Western Samoa, 42,642; Tokelau Islands, 1033.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 266, 9 November 1928, Page 8
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