THE POPULATION.
BIRTHPLACES OP THE PEOPLE. Nearly 70 per cent of the present population of New Zealand (exclusive of Maori?) consists of persons born in the Dominion, and nearly 95 per cent of tho total were l»rn within the. Empiro, These and other figures, drawn from tho census which was taken last April, aw given in, the "New Zealand Gazette." The following table shows tho birthplaces of tha people :— Proportions Birthplaces. Numbers, per cent United Kingdom— England 133,811 13.28 Wales 2,20b 0.22 Scotland 51,700 5.13 Ireland (0,958 4.06 Total Uuited Kingdom 228,081 22.09 Australasia and l'iji— New Zealand 702,770 63.71 Australia, Tasmania, and l'iji 50,693 5.03 Total Australasia and l'iji .; 753,172 71.77 Other British Possessions 1,570 O.hj Total British ... 95G.726 97.02 foreign 10,571 1:91 At sea 1,302 O.H Birthplaces not stated , 770 — Total population ...1,008,1(18 In 1000 the number of persons of New /calami birth was 0011.2)7, tho iucreasa since that year- being 00,532, or 15.02 per cent. British subjects in New Zealand number 99MIS, or 08.80 por cent of the total population. The total population comprises 531,90* ma lea uiul 170,550 females.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 22 December 1911, Page 4
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183THE POPULATION. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 22 December 1911, Page 4
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