POPULATION OF DOMINION.
APPROACHING A MILLION AND A-HALF. WELLINGTON, May 10. According to a return published in to-night’s Gazette the estimated population, including Maoris, of New Zealand proper at March 31 last was 1,453,517. This total consists of 742,390 males and 711,121 females. The Maori population was estimated at G 4.517, comprised of 33,828 males and 30,989 females. The population, including Maoris, of the North Island was estimated at 929,434. and that of the South Island at 524,083.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3870, 15 May 1928, Page 11
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78POPULATION OF DOMINION. Otago Witness, Issue 3870, 15 May 1928, Page 11
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