THE DOMINION'S POPULATION.
INCIIHASK OF V IIBAN DYYELLiuis;' ' ■ ,*;••; , '{■ ■ i' The following table shows the population of tlio Dominion since 48S.L, M idi the percentage of increases— Tucreaso, ■ Your Population par cent 1881 489,887 188 G 578,482 18.08 1891 626,626 8.32 1896 703,360 12.24 1901 772,719 9.85 1906 888,578 15.12 ■ 1911 1,008,407 11.88 The percentage of population in counties and borough! since 1881 is as follows: Year Counties Boroughs 1881 69.45 39.79 1886 56.58 42.46 1891 56.18 43.14 1896 55.69 43.68 1901 51.01 45.32 1906 51.63 47.77 1911 49.29 50.14 • The small percentage wanting in the above table to make- a hundred per cent (in all cases Under 1 per cent) is made up by people on 'ships and residents on outlying islands. The movement of Chinese is. indicated as follows : 1881 ... 6004 1886 4542 1891 4444 1896 ... ... ‘ ... 3711 1901 ... 2857 1906 2570 1911 2567 Tho following shows the number of half-casts in tho Dominion Year Males Females 1891 1122 1062 1896 1123. . 1136 1901 1188 1218 1906 1307 1271 . 1911 ld'7s 1402 ■
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 121, 14 July 1911, Page 7
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172THE DOMINION'S POPULATION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 121, 14 July 1911, Page 7
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