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DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS. Return of Births, Deaths, Marriages, Immigration, and Emigration for the Year ended 31st December, 1929, and the Total Populations at the Commencement and End of the Year.

Total 1 Total Estimated Estimated — Population, Births. Deaths. Marriages. Immigration. Emigration. Population, | 1st January, 1 31st December, 1929. , 1929. I . I ■ | I Native Samoans .. | 39,878 j 1,408 599 207 1,040 1,005 40,722 Europeans and half- 2,770 ! 71 23 13 519 588 2,749 castes Chinese labourers .. j 967 J 6 .. .. 6 J 955 Melanesian labourers 147 j • • 2 .. . . .. 145 Totals ... 43,762 1,479 630 ! 220 1,559 1,599 44,571