THE MAORI POPULATION
OLD PREDICTION FALSE~i A prediction concerning the "disajE pearance of the Maori race within 5§ years was made by the "New Zealand correspondent of the Bristol Times ijf 1865. A copy .of this paper, in t£§ possession of an Auckland shows that the correspondent was of the opinion that the race was destined to die out. He based this opinion on a fe# population returns whieh gave the ratio of the sexes. This, he said, could be taken as 100 men, 75 women and 50 children under 15 years of-age, or 51 of the rising generation to replace 175 adults. This could end only in one wayj and as had often been predicted thef would look in vain for a Maori 50 years later. As far as can be determined from the statistics now available, the Maori population in 1864 was about 50,000. This number steadily decreased until 1901, when the Maoris numbered 45,500. From then on there was an improvement, and the 1936 census gives the total as 82.000. The estimate or the population in 1940 was 90,000.-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24132, 26 November 1941, Page 8
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