POINTS FROM THE CENSUS.
|-• . _ —♦ ■ : .'t*| LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES. \ | ■ According to census returns there ..'«•'&?,■ ; 29,803 males and 22,082 females in tN^M I Zealand engaged f- in professions, 58,518 ,'£ males -and 20,601 females following com- - : merciiil pursuits, : while 98,613 males ,Mid,";~ 20,319 females are engaged in industries, The primary producers number 142,736 S[ males and 9200 females. 'In April last year there -'were 405,401 > children -:. in the Dominion- under the age of 16 years. 'When the census was taken it disclosed that out of i every eleven children one,child had lost either one or both" ';. of -'its ■ parents. ;«\i; There are 217,237 persons in the Po-KiC:. ; minion who have insurance policies 'f[ 'fe||| their lives, the approximate amount of insurance cover being £55,524,000. This sum represents £50,310,000 on male lives •"- and £5,214,000 on female lives. . "J --■-■-•■-' v -• '-- ■■' " - : ' ; :::^
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 8
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