CENSUS RETURNS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3769, 8 June 1926, Page 30

CENSUS RETURNS.

THE LATEST FIGURES. WELLINGTON, June 2. From the preliminary total of the census returns it is made quite evident that the trend of the population movement is northward. The returns so far to hand show the total population of the Dominion to be 1,227,000, the increase over the figures for 1921 census being 126,500. “A report furnished to me this morning by the Government Statistician,” said the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. R. F. Bollard), “shows that the majority of tbe census results are now to hand, and while a complete survey is not yet possible, the general trend of the population movement is evident. The returns which have so far come to hand show the total population of New Zealand to be 1,227,000 for the areas completed. These areas in 1921 had a population of I, The increase so far noted is therefore 126,500, which is equivalent to 11. per cent.” Mr Bollard said that, from the figures placed before him by the Government Statistician, the population of New Zealand was still moving northward. “Out of the gain of 126,500 credited at this stage,” he remarked, “the North Island has 87,800. All the provincial districts show increased populations, the largest absolute gains occurring in Auckland district (51,600) and in the Wellington district (27,600). The continuation of the urban drift is still being manifested. The total gain recorded for the completed cities, boroughs, and independent town districts (105,800) considerably outweighs that for the country and lesser town districts (20,700).” The latest returns available are as follows, the 1921 figures being given in parentheses:— . Hastings borough, 10,090 (9115), increase 975; Egmont county, 3023 (1724), increase 229. (Note. —The above excludes Maoris.) THE FOUR CITIES. The return for Dunedin city having come to hand, it is now possible to compare the. population in sho four cities, tlio ficmrps f nr whir>h nrc n« follow?

jLruueuiu .. •• wojvii wivj i Boundaries altered since 1941. SAMOAN FIGURES. WELLINGTON, June 4. The figures of the Samoan census show a total of 40,231, an increase of 3809, or 10.46 per oent., since 1921. The native Samoan population is 96,308, an increase of 3978, or 12.30 per cent, v

the figures foi r which are as folic iw: — 1926. 1921. Inc. Wellington • . 97,986 88,920 9066 Auckland • . 87,819 81,712 6227 Christchurch 83,205 71,499 11,606 Dunedin .. . . 67,541 58,074 9467