THE FLOW OF POPULATION.
GREAT PREPONDERANCE OF WOMEN IN CHRISTCHURCH. SOME CENSUS FIGURES. The young men of Christ-church and the surrounding districts would appear to be more favoured in their prospects of marriage than the young women, il statistics are to he believed, for a return obtained by Mr T. H. Davoy, M.P., shows a preponderance of tl're? thousand women over the men. The figures are as follow : Persons. Muics. .Females. Christ-church . 53,1111 25,240 27,8715 Sprevdon . . 3,'ASG I W ' -648 Heathcoto . . 4,151 2 019 2 1.-'5 "W ftimu-iri . . 13.582 6.75S 6.824 Totals . . 74,138 35 G55 38,483 Tho figures are also taken to show nn exodus of young men from the district to places where there are greater opportunities, such, for instance, as going on the land,.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10196, 4 July 1911, Page 3
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