The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1891.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9089, 22 May 1891, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1891.

The result of the Census of New Zealand shows that in five years the colony has increased by 44,870, It is also stated that during that period the excess of births over deaths waß 64,168 ; so it may be said that fully twenty thousand of those born in the colony have been taken away from its shores, besides all who have been supposed to arrive here during the past five years. According to the Registrar-General's estimate at the beginning of the year the population of the colony should have been 630,781, so', the result shows he was 7,429 out in his calculation. The RegistrarGeneral estimated that of the eight thousand whom he can account for as leaving the colonyduring the last five years in excess of arrivals, nearly five thousand were women, and children under the age of five. But what is most extraordinary about the affair, is that whilst our population is not increasing as it should, considering the number of birtks over deaths which are recorded, the exports from the colony are. Fresh land is continually being taken up and settled; the cattle and sheep continue to increase, notwithstanding the quantities of meat we annually send away ; and the deposits at the Savings Bank have reached to nearly three millions of money, and are being continually added to. In glancing ! over the returns as published, it is satis- j factory to find that although large cities j show a falling off in their population, the j country districts have increased in numbers, j It is evident, therefore, that the people who have come to .the colony have taken up the land to cultivate it. If we are increasing , m wealth faster than we are in population, we have no reason to complain; because it shows that those remaining in the colony are bettering themselves. However, there is plenty of room for a very large population in New Zealand, and we hope the present Ministry will devise some scheme whereby the colony will be made more attractive so as to cause the tide of immigration to again set towards our shores, i