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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.
