THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS.
[i'kh press association.] Wellington, March 7. The Registrar General's statistics show that the population of the colony at the end of last year was 756,905, exclusive of Maoris, which is an increase of 13,842 over 1898, The births were 2512 pur 1000, against 25'74 the previous year. The duith rate was 10'24, against 9-84. Marriages increasbd from 5091 to 5461. liw vali o oi ! imports for the year was ' £8,613,650, an morcas-? of .£400,000, i and exports £ 11,923,422, au increase of I nearly a million and a hwf. Tho chief exports wora woo : , £'4,324.G17 • sheep-J sm;s and pelte, .£268,240 j'rivz' a meat -.2,088,862 ; tiulovv, .£311,049 ; butter,! —571,/99; f;o]d, .£ 1,513,173 ; kauri fciuo, £007,919 ; aud tt ix, £184,411. 'ihe Customs revenue equalled £2 4s 5d per hy.id, excluding Maoris; aud excise duties 2a Id pen- Lead, against <ss Aii the previous year. *
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 53, 8 March 1900, Page 2
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