POPULATION GAINS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 119, 21 April 1936, Page 2

POPULATION GAINS

CENSUS RETURNS. WELLINGTON, April 20. Mast remarkable in the latest batch of census returns to be'issued by the Government Statistician is the in'crease of over 2000 in the population of the Mount Itoekill Road District, a portion of the suburban area of Auckland, during the last 10 years. New Lynn Borough, another suburb of Auckland, also has increased considerably in population, and Mount Eden Borough, Auckland, is more populous, but in much smaller proportion. Taumarunui County has 778 more inhabitants than in 1926 and Kairanga County 828 more. The census shows a decrease of over 1000 in the number of people in Rangitikei County, but actually the population has been practically stationary, Because the 1926 returns included about 1000 visitors to a Maori gathering. A heavy decrease, considering the size of the centre, is shown by the Thames figures, which are nearly 500 lower than in 1926. Wallace County shows an increase of nearly 1000, attributable partly to the establishment of Public Works Department camps for the men working on the Milford Road. Gains of between 400 and 500 are indicated in the figures for Collingrvood County and Oninemuri County. Bluff Borough apparently has shared Invercargill s expansion, and has now over 400 more people than 10 years ago. On census night this year there were 24 people within Fiord County, compared with 22 on censuß night, 1926. Fiord County consists mostly of the vast tract of mountain, lake, forest and fiord in the south-western part of the South Island. A total of 203 returns' are now to hand, 121 from the North Island 81 from the South Island, .and one from the Chatham Islands. The approximate ‘ position is as follows: Total Total Net gains, losses, gain. North Island .... 29,577 5041 24,536 South Island ... 18,<61 17<3 17,988 Saturday’s returns are as follow: Two lengths; a head. Adeline was

x Excludes interior town districts. t Includes Maori gathering of approximately 1000 visitors. LATER RETURNS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 20 Further preliminary census results- supplied by the Census and Statistics Office arc as follow :

’’lncrease. tDccrcasc. The Waimea County increase was swelled by the inclusion of hop pickers, etc. ]n connection with Rotorua, the census was earlier than 1 usual, consequently thcro was a higher percentage of visitors.

fourth.- Time, 1.44. 1936 1926 Census. Census. +6 Northcotc Borough - 2,369 2,374 Mount Eden Bor18,489 18,037 *452 Collingwood Cnty. . 1,517 1,101 *416 Rangataua Tn. £)ist. 316 486 6.970 4,725 New Lynn Borough 3,491 2,736 *755 Thames Borough ... 4,268 4,756 +488 Taumarunui County 3,640 2,8t>2 *778 Patangata County . 2,732 2,669 *63 1,205 1,10^ Akitio County 1.159 1.207 +42 Rangitikei County . 9,497 10,5881 +1,091 Ohincmuri County . 3,334 2,858 4YO Runanga Borough . 1.646 1,365 *281 Bluff Borough 2,036 1.606 Waimatc. West Cnty. 2,787 2,853 +66 Kairanga County . 5,355 5,027 *328 1.513 1,350 *168 Wallace County x . 10,020 9,102 *918 Fiord County 24 22 *2 392 349 *43 Morrinsville Bor. .. 1.704 1,536 *253 +Dccre asc.

1936. 1926. Waimarino County ... 2,856 3,835 +979 Patca County 3,868 3.500 *363 Opotiki County 4,517 3,926 *591 Kaitieke County 3,279 2,985 *285 Wai'mea County 12,486 9,187 *3299 Wairoa Borough 2.519 2,336 *183 Haw ora Borough 4,659 4,528 *131 Turua Town Dist. ... 267 278 .+11 Howick Town Dist. .. 733 522 *211 Rangiora Borough ... 2,236 2,088 *148 Waitaki County 10,149 9,434 *715 Onchunga Borough' .. 11,056 10,120 *936 Mt. Albert Borough . 19,715 17,516 *2199 One Tree Hill Bor. . 8.039 7.171 *868 Birkenhead Borough . 3,393 3,026 *367 Napier Borough 15,270 15,534 +264 Rotorua Borough 6.529 4.699 *1830 Maniototo County .... 3,110 2,674 .*436 Sounds County 1.084 1,167 +8S