Orphans In New Zealand
The number of children under 16 years of age at the time of the last New Zealand Census in 1936 was returned as 408,610. A recently published Census return shows that one child in every 333 had lost both parents, one in every 45 its mother, and one in every 29 its father. There are 1218 children under 16 years of age whose parents were both dead, 9099 whose mothers were dead, and 13,949 whose fathers were dead.
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Southland Times, Issue 24154, 17 June 1940, Page 9
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82Orphans In New Zealand Southland Times, Issue 24154, 17 June 1940, Page 9
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