DOMINION STATISTICS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 8

DOMINION STATISTICS

FACTS WORTH KNOWING The following miscellaneous information is contained in the Abstract of Statistics for December:— Vital Statistics, 1925.—Rates per 1000 of mean population: Births, 21.17; deaths, 8.29; marriages, 7.84; infantile mortality, rate per 1000 births, 39.96. Live Stock in Dominion, 1926.— Horses, 314,867; cattle, 3,452,486; sheep, 24,901,993; pigs, 472,534. Agriculture—Acreages, .1925-26.—Wheat 151,673; oats, 102,485; barley, 25,969; rye-grass, 45,154; cocksfoot, 9745; potatoes, 23,484. Yields total and per acre: Wheat, 4.617,041 bushels (30.44) ; oats, 4,115,606 bushels (40.16) ; barley, 935,020 bushels (36.01) ; rye-grass, 20,834,3191 b. (461.41) ; cocksfoot, 1,381,607 lb. (141.71) ; potatoes, 143,781 tons (6.09).

Factory Production, 1921-25.—Number of establishments, 4517; number of productive employees, 71,760; wages paid, £13,557,236; value of products, £Bl,101,313; value of land, buildings, machinery, and plant, £49,978,842. Taxation by General Government, year ended March 31, 1926.—Customs revenue (including tire tax), £8,573,388; beer duly, £629,558;’ land tax, £1,266,659; income tax, £3,368,516; death duties, £l/184,189; other, £1,932,378; total, £17,25-1,688, or £l2 7s. lid. per head of population, including Maoris. Taxation by Local Governing Bodies, year ended March 31, 1925.—Rates, £4,668,884 ; licenses, etc., £314,2-18; total, £5,013,132. Gross Indebtedness of General Government as at March 31, 1926.—£238,855,478, or £169 Bs. 6<l. per head of population, including Maoris. Indebtedness of Local Governing Bodies, March 31, 1925.—0 n debentures and stock: Gross £15,720,794 ; net, £40,770,527. On loans from State Advances Office: gross, £6,029,965; net, £5,360,074. On loans from Treasury (inscribed debt) : Gross, £2,272,598; estimated net indebtedness (actuarially computed), £1,128,552. Capital Value of Land and Improvements, April 1, 1925.—North Island, £390,335,248; South Island, £197,014,327; counties, £344,013,853, boroughs, £235,347,446; and independent town districts, £7,958,276; total, £587,349,575. Unimproved value of land: North Island, £219,295,113; South Island, £120,014,847; counties, £231,614,794; boroughs, £104,267,886, and independent town districts, £3,427,580; total, £339,310,260. Divorce, 1925.—Petitions filed, 723; decrees absolute, 612; decrees nisi, 605. Bankruptcy, 1925.—Number of bankruptcies, 653; liabilities, £535,320; assets, £235,377; amount secured to creditors (not included in liabilities or assets shown), £590,274. Civil cases tried in Magistrates’ Courts. Year—l92s: Plaints entered, 73,192; amount claimed, £1,172,167; cases tried, 48,436; amount claimed in cases tried, £821,093; amount recovered, £666,721. Nine months ended September 30, 1926: Plaints entered, 61,562; amount claimed, £1,005,503; cases tried, 40,058; amount claimed in cases tried, £691,303; amount recovered, £569,536. Summary Convictions in Magistrates’ Courts. —Year 1925, 4-1,017. Articles Posted and Delivered, vear 1925. —Letters and letter-cards, 291,630,760; post-cards, 9,107.081; books and pattern packets, 115,946,882; parcels, 7,101,628; newspapers, 44,717,406; post offices open, 2020. Telegraphic and Telephonic Wire at March 31, 1926.—Telegraphic, 59,791 miles; telephonic, 402,433 miles. Bank Rate of Discount (best mercantile pape- of a currency not exceeding three months), November, 1926, 64 per cent. Overdraft interest rate (charged on best accounts), November,. 1926, 6-5 per cent. Roads in Dominion (formed to not less than drav-width) as at March 31, 1925.—Paved or surfaced. 29.3251 miles: not paved or surfaced. 16.871 milestotal, 4R.1964 miles. Bridges (over 25 feet) : Number, 4114; total length, 413,842 ft.