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US SHOWS MALE MAJORITY.

TOTAL POPULATION IS WELL OVER MILLION. I . (Special to the Star. > WELLINGTON, June 19. The very complete arrangements made, for the taking of the census of the Dominion, and for the computation | of the results, enabled the Government Statistician (Mr Malcolm Fraser) to hand to the Minister of Internal Affairs (the I-lon R. F. Bollard) to-day the preliminary totals. The returns show the I total population of New Zealand, inclu- : sive of Maoris and exclusive of Western Samoa and the Cook and other islands, to be 1,107,165, and 1,344,381 excluding Maoris. A survey of the figures of the returns makes interesting reading. It is shown that there are in the Dominion 686,917 males and 657,437 females, and of Maoris 32,730 males and 30,051 females. Ihe total increase in population since the previous census taken on April 17, 1921, is recorded as 135,501 including Maoris, and as 129,707 excluding Maoris. This latter is the greatest intercensal gain ever experienced in New Zealand in point of absolute numbers; relatively it has frequently been exceeded. The increase of 129,707 represents a gain of 10.68 per cent on the population in 1921. NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS. The great bulk of the population increase went to the North Island. The figures, inclusive of Maoris, arc: — Popu- 1921lation. Inc. 1926. X. Island .. 891,970 100,052 12.64 S. Island .. 515,195 35,449 7.39 Dominion 1,407,165 135,501 10.66 The North Island now contains 63 per cent of the Dominion’s inhabitants ; v the South Island possesses 37 per cent. From 1861 up to 1901 the South Island contained the majority of the population. Prior to IS6I, and from 1901 onwards, the North Island predominated in this respect, and is steadily increasing the margin, as the undermentioned figures exhibit;—

MAORI POPULATION. The data quoted for Maoris, which incidentally cover half-castes as well as those of the full blood, disclose a very satisfactory increase in the numbers of the Native race. The Maori population in 1921 was enumerated as 56,987. The current census gives a total of 62,781, representing a numerical gain of 5794 and a percentage gain of 10.17. The great majorit3’- of Maoris are North Island residents, the Northern Island claiming 60,222, as against the South’s 2559. Maori males outnumbered females by 2679. SEX PROPORTIONS. Males in the population (excluding Maoris) are still in the majority, and outnumber females by 29.510. The “ masculinity " of the population is expressed in terms of “ females per 1000 males,” and recent census experience is quoted on that basis.

Mr Bollard said he had asked the Government Statistician to supply him with the figures for the last six censuses excluding Maoris, and Mr Fraser had reported as follows:

As the period 1916-1921 covers the return of the majority of the personnel of the Expeditionary Forces, its record has obviously been well surpassed by that of the current intercensal interval.

Census. N. Island. S. Island. 1901 50.55 49.45 1906 53.65 • 46.35 1911 55.90 44.10 1916 59.22 40.78 1921 60.81 39.19 « 1926 63.39 36.61

Females per Census. 1000 Males. 1901 903 1906 887 1911 896 1916 993 1921 956 1920 957

Period. N umerical Increase. Percentage Increase. 1021-1926 .. ... 120,707 10.68 1016-1921 .. .. 119.464 10.87 1011-1016 .. 90.981 9.02 1006-1011 .. 110,800 13.49 1001-1006 .. 115.859 14.99 1896-1901 .. 69,359 9.86

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17878, 21 June 1926, Page 3

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US SHOWS MALE MAJORITY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17878, 21 June 1926, Page 3

US SHOWS MALE MAJORITY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17878, 21 June 1926, Page 3

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