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Appendix C—Consumers' Price Index: Population Weights Note.—ln designing these weights the populations of all towns with a population of 2,500 or over at Ist April, 1948, are included. The populations of smaller boroughs and town and road districts within ten miles of any of the twenty-one towns from which prices are collected are also included. POPULATION WEIGHTS, SERIES A (Applies to Food, Housing, and Fuel and Lighting Groups) Population Weights—i.e., Population at 1. WHANGAREI (includes Whangarei and Dargaville Boroughs and Kamo and Onerahi Town Districts) .. .. .. .. _ jg ggQ 2. AUCKLAND (includes Auckland City, Birkenhead, Northcote, Takapuna, Devonport, Henderson, New Lynn, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Newmarket, Ellerslie, One Tree Hill, Mount Roskill, Onehunga, Otahuhu, Papatoetoe, Papakura, Pukekohe, Thames, and Manurewa Boroughs' Glen Eden and Howick Town Districts, and Mount Wellington and Panmure Township Road Districts) .. .. .. .. g O 3 58 q 3. HAMILTON (includes Hamilton City and Huntly, Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Te Kuiti Boroughs) .. .. .. .. t ' gg 4. TAURANGA (includes Tauranga, Waihi, Te Aroha, Mount Maunganui and Te Puke Boroughs) .. .. .. .. _ ' 14,690 5. ROTORUA (includes Rotorua and Whakatane Boroughs) .. .. .. 12 130 6. GISBORNE (includes Gisborne Borough and Patutahi Town District) .. 16,350 7. NAPIER (includes Napier, Wairoa, and Hastings Boroughs and Taradale Town District) .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 340 8. NEW PLYMOUTH (includes New Plymouth, Waitara, Taumarunui, Stratford, and Hawera Boroughs) .. .. .. ~ , # ' gg 9. WANGANUI (includes Wanganui City and Marton Borough) .. .. 28 520 10. PALMERSTON NORTH (includes Palmerston North City and Dannevirke Feilding, and Levin Boroughs) .. .. .. .. ' ggQ 11. WELLINGTON (includes Wellington and Lower Hutt Cities, Upper Hutt, Petone, and Eastbourne Boroughs, and Johnsonville Town District) . 193 620 12. MASTERTON (includes Masterton and Carterton Boroughs) .. .. 12' 410 13. BLENHEIM (Blenheim Borough) .. .. .. .. 6 400 14. NELSON (includes Nelson City, Richmond Borough, and Tahunanui Town District) .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,230 15. GREYMOUTH (includes Greymouth, Westport, Runanga, Brunner, and Hokitika Boroughs) .. .. .. .. jg 16. CHRISTCHURCH (includes Christchurch City and Riccarton, Lyttelton, and Rangiora Boroughs) .. .. .. .. _ _ 138 180 17. ASHBURTON (includes Ashburton Borough and Tinwald Town District) .. 8^940 18. TIMARU (includes Timaru City and Waimate Borough) .. .. .. 22' 560 19. OAMARU (Oamaru Borough) .. .. .. 7 950 £O. DUNEDIN (includes Dunedin City and Port Chalmers, West Harbour, St. Kilda Green Island, and Mosgiel Boroughs) .. .. .. ' 88 130 21. INVERCARGILL (includes Invercargill City and South Invercargill and Gore BoroU g hs ) 32,300 Total, Urban Population of New Zealand .. .. .. 1,090 010 Note.—The total population of New Zealand at the Ist April, 1948, was 1,834,270.

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