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Table showing Birth, and Death Rates, Natural Increase, etc., for Years 1906-1925.

Birth-rate per Death-rate per ! , Year. Births. Deaths. 1,000 Mean 1,000 Mean T Natural Percentage mortality Rale d „i t) i 4.- Increase. Increase. Per ; Population. : Population. | j 100() Births _ i ' : i j " 1906 .. 1,350 ! 1,322 40 39 28 1907 .. 1,389 . 1,564 42 46 -175 -0-5 1908 .. 1,384 951 41 28 433 1-3 1909 .. 1,386 964 41 28 422 1-25 .1910 .. 1,496 972 44 28 524 1-54 1911 .. 1,453 1,827 43 54 -374 -1-08 1912 .. 1,792 1,192 53 35 600 1-78 1913 .. 1,597 ; 1,078 46 31 519 1-51 1914 .. 1,589 ! 954 45 27 635 1-82 1915 .. 1,611 1,451 45 40 160 0-45 1916 .. 1,655 1,231 46 34 424 1-20 1917 .. 1,631 1,017 45 28 614 1-70 1918 .. 1,509 6,901 41 187 -5,311 -14-54 1919 .. 1,167 714 37 22 453 1-45 J 920 .. 1,671 664 52 21 1,007 3-20 1921 .. 1,299 710 40 22 589 1-83 1922 .. 1,622 899 49 27 723 2-19 1923 .. 1,701 1,398 50-5 4.1-5 303 0-90 200 1924 .. 1,900 766 554 22-5 1.134 3-35 155 1925 .. 2,033 857 56-3 23-7 1,176 3-26 186 Note. —In 1923 a new system of registration of births and deaths came into force, making accurate returns possible. Infant-mortality Rate. —This could not be calculated under the old system of registration of births and deaths, but, from the high death-rate prevailing, it must also have been high.