PROVINCIAL POPULATION

Evening Star, Issue 19290, 1 July 1926, Page 12

PROVINCIAL POPULATION

THE FIGURES ANALYSED SEX RATIOS EQUAL IX OTAGO. [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, June 30. Further census figures, by districts instead of towns, show that Auckland is much the largest province, and now contains 32 per cent, of the total population. The details are as follow: — Population

The increase in the population of Auckland is 55.307, Wellington 24,800, Canterbury 14,712, Otago 12,690,_ and the total increase for the dominion 125,471. To this really has to ho added 4,236 for half-castes, who are now reckoned as Maoris. _ ... A point of some interest, which is not without its important side, is the sex ratio of the population in the various districts. All the northern districts have a greater male population than female. Auckland’s male majority amounts to 14,800, Hawke’s Bay’s to 2,000, Taranaki’s to 3,000, and Wellington’s to 7,000. In the South Island matters are not quite the same. Marlborough has a male majority of 1,000, Nelson of 2,400, Westland of SOO, and Southland of 2,800. On the other hand, in Canterbury there are 2,200 more females than males, and in Otago about an equal number.

Province, (Excluding Maoris). Maoris. Auckland 424,925 44,906 Hawke's Bay .. 65,569 4,683 Taranaki ... 17,653 3,538 Wellington ... ... 273,601 7,095 Marlborough ... 18,568 503 Nelson .. 50,545 169 Westland ... 15,025 120 Canterbury .. 215,746 1,066 Otago ... 149,579 331 Southland ... ... -65,173 370 Total ... . . 1,294,384 62,781