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THE BRITISH EMPIRE; — NEW ZEALAND

miles. New Zealand is about 1,200 miles east of Australia. Area, including all islands, 104,751 square miles. North Island 44,468 square miles. South Island 58,525, SteAvart Island 665 square miles. Acreage 66,861,440, exclusive of the Cook and other islands (179,200 acres), and up to March, 1912, 28,918,464 acres had been alienated, including lands reserved and set apart by the State for special purposes (11,942,428 acres). Estimated population (June 30, 1912), Europeans, 1,034,439, Maoris, 49,844, Cook Islanders, 12,598; total, 1,096,881. Population exclusive of aborigines : —

Years

Males

Females

Total

Increase per cent, per annum

1881

269,605

220,328

489,933

6

1886

312,221

266,261

578,482

3-6

1891

332,877

293,781

626,658

1-7

1896

371,415

331,945

703,360

2-3

1901

405,992

366,727

772,719

1-9

1906

471,008

417,570

888,578

2-8

1911

531,910

476,558

1,008,468

1-3

Area and population of each provincial district (1911) :—

Provincial District

Square Miles

Population (excl. Maoris)

Persons to a square mile

Auckland ....

Taranaki

Hawke's Bay .... Wellington .... Marlborough ....

Nelson

Westland

Canterbury .... Otago :—

Otago Portion

Southland Portion

25,740

8,808

4,410 11,003

4,753 10,269

4,641 14,040

} 25,487 {

264,520 51,569 48,546

199,094 16,985 48,463 15,714

173,185

132,402 68,728

.10'3 15-6 11-0 18-1

34 .

4-7

8-4 12-3

9-^

5-3

Population of the North Island, 1911, 563,729 ; South Island, 444,152, Stewart Island, 325 ; Chatham Islands 258 ; Kermadec Islands 4. Total population, 1911, 1,058,312, including 49,844 Maoris (26,475 males, 23,369 females), 2,630 Chinese (88 females). There were 2,879 half-castes, members of Maori tribes.

In 1911, 496,545 lived in the rural districts ; 505,598 in boroughs.

In 1911 there were nine towns with over 10,000 inhabitants, Auckland, 40,536, with suburbs, 102,676 ; Wellington (the seat of Government), 64,372, with suburbs, 70,729 ; Christchurch, 53,116, with suburbs, 80,193 ; Dunedin, 41,529, with suburbs, 64,237 ; Invercargill, 12,782, with suburbs, 15,858; Wanganin, 10,929, with suburbs, 14,702; Napier, 10,537, with suburbs, 11,736 ; Tinraru, 11,280 ; and Palmerston North, 10,991.

Excluding Maoris, in 1911, 996,418 persons, or 98 "80 per cent., were British subjects. Of these, 702,779, or 6974 per cent., were born in New Zealand, and 228,684, or 22*69 per cent., in the United Kingdom (133,811 in England, 2,206 in Wales, 51,709 in Scotland, ai I 40,958 in Ireland). Foreign subjects numbered 12,050, or 1-20 per ctat. of the

population.