DOMINION'S POPULATION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 7

DOMINION'S POPULATION

♦ TOTAL OF 1,347,754. SMALL INCREASE IN QUARTER* i A gain of only 17 by migration - and 4733 by natural increase daring the quarter ended ' March 31, is shown , by the Government Statistician's estimate of the population of > New;. Zealand. . The- total population at , the 'i end of the - quarter was 1,347,754, including.; 53,820 Maoris,. , With the-;, Island dependencies, 13,445 . and the mandated territory of West Samoa 37,115, the / total v population of : the Do- ! minion's jurisdiction was 1,398,314.' : A more .favourable : presentation of I the position in : tegard 'f to migration appears in the abstract :of statistics in -which' a return is given for: the quarter analysing the movement. Immigrants intending permanent residence totalled 3431, while "permanent residents departing permanently " numbered 571, so that there was. an actual gain by migration in the de jure popula- ! ; tion of ' 2860 'for the quarter. ? Temporary departures • of s permanent: residents, ■ 3969, and the return of f 2884 residents from ; temporary absences caused ; a . temporary loss of 10)85, : while' visitors departing, 4652$, r exceeded visitors farriving, 3648, by 1005;, and there was an excess of departures in • ships',; crews of 751. The population of " the North Island, including 51,689 Maoris, was . estimated at 845,222, and that of the South Island, including 2131 Maoris, ' at 502,532. ?