POPULATION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2063, 6 January 1925, Page 5

POPULATION.

DOMINION'S STEADY GROWTH. LOCAL AND CITY FIC4URES. Accorkfting to tlio 1924 New Zealand Official Year Book, the population of New Zealand, apart From Samoa, and the Cook Islands, is 1,347,583. This includes 63,050 Maoris. There is siill a paxj&ixmdfcraince of males over females, the figures being 088,020 and 050,833 respectively. The population of the four centres. including the boroughs within their urban areas, is: Auckland 172,935, Wellington 114,510, Christchurch 115,300, Dunedin 75,755. The Dominion has maintained a re- . markably steadv growth of population since 1880 at the rate of 12.11 per cent, Uie "curve" at that ratio coinciding almost exactly with the actually recorded increase. At this rate the Dominion's population in 1950 will be 2,500,000. The population of Te Kuiti is given at 2355. That of neighbouring boroughs is estimated as follows: Tauniarunui 2205, Cambridge 2285, Te Awamutu 1Z55, Morrinsville 1485, Hamilton 13.620. The urban area of Hamilton outside the borough has a population of 2500, which brings the total population of the whole area to 16,120. The population of the adjacent counties, including the towns within their borders, is: Waitoino 7335, Otorohanga 3265, Taumarunui 3290, Matamata 6190. "Waipa 12,480, TCawlria mo. ';';,^ The different town districts arc jpop : ,-> J ulated as follows: Otorohanga 's6oj|||| Kihikihi 270, Kawhia 200, Ohaupop