CENSUS FIGURES
FURTHER RETURNS AUCKLAND COUNTIES INCREASE IN WAITEMATA [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] WELLINGTON. Monday The following preliminary census results have been received from the Census and Statistics Office:— Increase or de--1936 1926 crease Kaikohe Town District 662 Sl2 +l5O Kawhia County* .. 1,977 1,635 4-342 Waitemata County .. 13,410 9,416 +3,994 Waitotara County .. 3,609 3,173 +496 Matamata County .. 9,237 7,590 +1,647 Bay of Islands County* 9,024 6,697 Horowhenua County.. 7,274 6,631 "J"f43 Manukau County . 9,578 7,462 +2,116 Papatoetoe Town Dis- ' trict .. •• 2.377 1,607 +770 Hutt County .. 8,693 6,742 +1.951 Waikouaiti County .. 4,521 4,342 +179 Eastbourne Borough.. 2,278 .itcna Hastings Borough _.. 12,704 10,148 Mercer Town District 308 304 -46 Franklin County* .. 13,389 10,741 +2,648 Great Barrier Island 461 366 Wairoa County . . 6,970 5,359 +1,611 •Excludes interior town districts. SITUATION IN FEILDING EVEN BALANCE OF SEXES [by telegraph—own correspondent] PALMERSTON NORTH, Mouday A situation that is probably unique in the history of census taking in New Zealand has been revealed in the detailed figures made available in respect of the population of Feilding. . The figures disclose that the sexes are almost evenlv balanced, males leading females by the slender margin of one. Ihe respective totals are: —Males, females, 2271.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22404, 28 April 1936, Page 13
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