GAIN IN POPULATION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13929, 12 June 1909, Page 3

GAIN IN POPULATION.

Sir Joseph Ward said it had been a very interesting debate. He recapitulated the arguments in support of his representing the dominion at the conference and the adjournment of Parliament. The conference had been called by the Imperial Government after the dominion had made the offer of a Dreadnought. The statement had been made that people were leaving the dominion. The number of people who left during the past month was not above the average. In 1909 the arrivals till May amounted to 18.119. and the departures to 17.441. In 1908 the total arrivals were 18 50U and departures 15.700. During the last ten years our cain in population from outside was 120,000.