DOMINION STATISTICS

Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1929, Page 11

DOMINION STATISTICS

INTERESTING FIGURES.

The following miscellaneous statistical information is supplied in the Abstract of Statistics” for December:— Vital Statistics, 1928. —Numbers: Births, 27,200; marriages, 10,537; deaths, 11 811; -deaths of infants under one year, . 984. Rates per 1000 of mean population: Births, 19.50; marriages, 7.58; deaths, 8.49; infant mortality, rate per 1000 births, 30.18. tt Live Stock in Dominion, 1929.—Horses, 298,980; cattle, 3,445,790 (including 1 371,003 dairy cows in milk and dry); sheep, 29,051,382; pigs, 556,732 Agriculture. — Acreages, 1928-2 J. Wheat, 255,312; oats, 73,101; barley, 19 500; perennial ryegrass, 21,530; cocksfoot, 11,255. Yields, total and per acre: Wheat, 8,832,864' bushels (34.60); oats, • 3 005,113 bushels (41.93); barley, 781,102 bushels (40.00); perennial 8,948, 1081 b. (415.50); cocksfoot, 2,048,8321 b. (182.04). „ ' Factory production, 1927-28. Number of establishments, 5106; total number of _ employees, 81,756; salaries and wages naid, value of products, £87,732,003; value of land, buildings, machinery and plant, £64,674,150. Taxation by General Government, year ended March 31, 1929.-Customs revenue (excluding petrol tax and tyre tax), £7,954,252; beer duty, £6l1 ’ 484 ] “ tax, £1,149,324; income tax, £3,310,877, death duties, £1,944,513; totalisator revenue, £541,179; motor vehic es taxation, £1,243,577; other, £1,085,827, total, £17,832,033, or £l2 4s. 3d. per head of population, including Maoris. Taxation by local governing bodies, year ended March 31, 1928,-Rates, £5,000,024; licenses, etc., £507,703; total, £6*107,727. „ _ Gross indebtedness of General Government as at March 31, 1929.—£264,191,983, or £179 12s. lOd. per head of population, including Maoris. , Indebtedness of local governing bodies, March 31, 1928,-On debentures and stock: Gross, £58,949,028; net, £51,812,971. On loans from State Advances Office—amount borrowed, £6,325,700; amount owing, £5,325,401. On loans from Treasury (inscribed debt) —gross, £2,129,743; estimated net indebtedness (actuarially computed), £944,315. Capital value of land and improvements, April 1, 1929: North Island, £442,531,603; South Island, £213,375,224; counties, £347,573,101; boroughs, £299282,264; and independent town districts’ £9,051,522; total, £655,906,887. - Unimproved value of land: North Island, £220,883,184; South Island, £123,-: 874 612; counties, £217,452,287; boroughs, £123,812,336; and independent town districts, £3,493,173; total, £344,757,796. Divorce, 1928.—Petitions filed, 785; decrees absolute, 572; decrees nisi, 653. Bankruptcy, 1928.—Number of bankruptcies under the Bankruptcy Actjjg 806; amount of debts proved, £767,327; , assets realised by Official Assignees, J £116,613. , I Civil cases tried in Magistrate S.g Courts.—l92B: Plaints entered, amount claimed, £1,463,769; cases tried, . 55,751; amount claimed in cases tried, £951,916; amount recovered, £774,912.j; Nine months ended September'3o, 1929: Plaints entered, 66,247am0unt claimed, £1,090,424; cases tried, 41,988; amount claimed in cases tried, £694,177; amount recovered, £577,044. , . , Summary convictions in Magistrates Courts: Year 1928, 45,150. ./ Articles posted and delivered, year 1528.—Letters and letter-cards, 298,548, 364; post-cards, 9,450,468; books and pattern packets, 154/512,609; parcels, 6,981,085; newspapers, 48,257,19.4; post,, offices open, 1897. / . ' Telegraphic and telephonic wir A March 31, 1929— Telegraphic, 62,992 miles; telephonic, 495,470 miles. ■ Roads in Dominion (formed to M less , than dray width) as at March 31, 1929. ?f Paved or surfaced, 33,186 miles; paved or surfaced, 15,135 miles; total,,, 48 321 miles. Main highways (included m < the foregoing), 10,403 miles. ■ (over 25 feet) in road system: Numbei, ; - 5597;-total length, 498,260 feet. ..