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Grey River Argus, 11 February 1929, Page 3

Growth of population in New Zealand and Australia apepars to show a very small margin of difference. The Commonwealth Statistician recently publish figures showing that i:i the decade ended 1927 the increase in population .in the Commonwealth was 1.152,791, or an average of 2.27 per cent, annually. For the corresponding period \the increase in New Zealand was 302,642 or 2 63 per cent. On these figures New Zealand has a slight advantage, but the period taken includes the years when our soldiers wore returning from Europe and the statistical treatment of these in the two countries may not be identical. As a mat'er of fact, taking a later period our population and that of th c Commonwealth increased at practically the same rate proportionally. With the closing down of assisted imigration a decline in the rate of increase may be expected bo'h here and in Australia.