Dominion's Population.
A GRATIFYLVG INCREASE.
(Per United Prese Association.)
WELLINGTON, Feb. 4,
The estimated population of th« Domiiiiion at the and of 1908 was 1,020,713, of whom; 960,642: were Europeans, 47,731 Maoris, 12,340 Cook Islaaids. The increase, of Europeans in I - months wns 31,158. -A gratifying feature is the improvement in the birth rate, "to wihich cause 16, 897 of the increase ia due. Immigrationi is responsible for 14,2^ 1. In both oafies there is am excess over the previous yea,re for a long 1 time past.
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10632, 4 February 1909, Page 2
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