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policy of assisted immigration which operated during that period. It would appear that there was a slight tendency to rise after the recent depression, from 1936-1940, a tendency which was stopped by the recent war. It should be noted that these figures do not include movements of troops overseas. The table includes not only assisted immigrants, but all immigrants. Details for assisted immigrants are given at a later stage in this report. Some idea of the relative importance of assisted immigrants is given in the following table, which shows the annual average immigrants of both classes arriving in New Zealand from 1909 to 1945 :
Table No. 23.—Table showing the Number of Governmentally-assisted Immigrants, Immigrants not assisted, and Average Total Migration Increase from 1909 to 1945
The table shows the relative importance of the governmentally-assisted immigrants, particularly in the third decade of this century. In terms of total population, however, the importance of external migration is relatively small. E. TOTAL POPULATION GROWTH Total population growth is determined by two factors—first, the excess of births over deaths (that is, the natural increase), and, secondly, by the excess of arrivals over departures. The following table, which brings together all the factors discussed in the previous pages of this section, shows the ■ effects of those two movements on the population of New Zealand :
Table No. 24.—Table showing Natural Increase, net Migration, and Total Increase of Population in Quinquennial Periods from 1861 to 1945
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GovernmentallyImmigrants not Total Net assisted Governmentally Migration Immigrants. assisted. Increase. 1909-10 to 1913-14 3,518 * 6,508 1920-21 to 1924^25 6,848 6,715 9,701 1925-26 to 1929-30 5,301 5,497 5,052 1930-31 to 1934-35 317 2,376 — 1,229f 1935-36 to 1939-40 8 4,566 2,382 1940-41 to 1944-45 3 1,319 518 * Not available. t Decrease.
Excess of Births over Deaths. Excess of Arrivals over Departures. Total Increase. Period. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. 1861-65 .. 1866-70 .. 1871-75 .. 1876-80 .. 1881-85 .. 1886-90 .. 1891-95. .. 1896-1900 1901-05 .. 1906-10 .. 1911-15f .. ]916-20f .. 1921-25 .. 1926-30 .. 1931-35 .. 1936-40f • • 1941-45f .. 7,625 15,663 19,410 30,144 32,362 30,781 27,255 28,097 32,515 38,681 42,323 35,248 41,876 36,886 30,715 32,604 44,169 8,985 17,779 21,129 32,807 35,046 33,544 30,630 31,437 36,223 43,067 46,682 41,359 44,868 40,456 33,237 37,192 47,025 16,610 33,442 40,539 62.951 67,408 64,325 57,885 59,534 68,738 81,748 89,005 76,607 86,744 77,342 63.952 69,796 91,194 63,285 11,167 46,501 31,870 15,958 -4,911* 9,917 7,320 31,223 25,454 17,656 6,979 26,795 14,758 -5,256* 7,433 1,412 29,884 9,369 35,445 22,917 13,001 —3,791* 5,403 3,318 14,223 15,512 17,905 7,875 23,294 9,869 -4,662* 4,935 654 93,169 20,536 81,946 54,787 28,959 -8,702* 15,320 10,638 45,446 40,966 35,561 14,854 50,089 24,627 —9,918* 12,368 2,066 70.910 26,830 65.911 62,014 48,320 25,870 37,172 35,417. 63,738 64,135 59,979 42,227 68,671 51,644 25,459 40,037 45,581 38,869 27,148 56.574 55,724 48,047 29,753 36,033 34,755 50,446 58,579 64,587 49,234 68,162 50,325 28.575 42,127 47,679 109,779 53,978 122,485 117,738 96,367 55,623 73,205 70,172 114,184 122,714 124,566 91,461 136,833 101,969 54,034 82,164 93,260 Totals .. 526,354 581,466 1,107,820 307,561 205,151 512,712 833,915 786,617 1,620,532 * Decrease. t Members of Armed Forces, <fcc., are not included in migration figures.