THE COLONY'S POPULATION. SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS

Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 32, 8 February 1899, Page 2

THE COLONY'S POPULATION. SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS

Further facts concerning the population of the colony have been arranged in interesting form by the Registrar - General, Mr. E. J. Yon Dadelszen. The figures below require no explanation: —

♦Maori population, Census 189 C, 39,854 persons. t Estimate only. Subject to revision. The birth rate for New Zealand has fallen from 3T22 per 1000 of population of all ages in 1888 to 25*74 in the. year 1898. In 1807 the rate was 25*96, and this, although the lowest for all the Australasian colouies, was nevertheless almost equal to the rAtes obtaining in Victoria (26*63) and New South AVales (2644). And it must be remembered that the decline of the birth rate between 1888 and 1897 in New Zealand is the least in degree for the group of colonies above referred to. The figures (those for not are :—

With the above features it must be noticed that the death rate in New Zealand is by far the lowest of the rates for the Australasian colonies, the figures for 1897 being: — Death-rate per 1000 persons liviug: New Zealand, 914; New South Wales, 1089; South Australia, 1118; Queensland, 11*33 ; Tasmania, 11*53; Victoria, 12*83; Western Australia, 17*63.

1898. 1897. . Incr se Population (exclusive of Maoris*) 743,463 Vrrivals 18,855 Departures ... 10,159 3irtbs 18,955 Deaths 7,244 Marriages 5,020f 3irth rate per 1000 of mean pop. ... 25"74 Death rate do. ... 9*84 Carriage rate do. 6"82f 729,056 18.592 15,840 18,737 6,595 4,928 2596 914 683 14,407 263 319 218 649 92

STeW" Zealand „, Queensland Jf.S. Wales ... Victoria 3. Australia ... W. Australia ... Fasmania 1888. 3122 37-77 36-18 32-49 33 34 35-88 3310 1897. 2596 29-92 2848 2663 26-44 26-82 27-72 Decline of Birth Rate 1888-1897. 526 7-85 7-70 5-86 6-90 9-06 5-38