Census, 1906.—Ages of the People.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 1st February, 1907.

E. J. VON DADELZEN,
Registrar-General.

THE accompanying tables, showing the results of the Census taken in April last as regards the ages of the people, are published for general information.

INCREASE OF THE POPULATION AT DIFFERENT AGE-PERIODS.

Table I.—Showing (exclusive of annexed Pacific Islands) the Increase in the Number of Persons, Males and Females, at different Age-periods, during the Intervals between successive Censuses from March, 1874, to April, 1906.

BOTH SEXES.

| Under 5 years | 51,888 | 17,836 | 34.37 | 69,724 | 12,565 | 18.02 | 82,289 | 4,539 | 5.52 | 86,828 | -3,624 | -4.17 | 83,204 | 455 | 0.55 | 83,659 | 3,147 | 3.76 | 86,806 | 15,939 | 18.36 | 102,745 |
| 5 years and under 10 years | 43,303 | 16,287 | 37.61 | 59,590 | 8,325 | 13.97 | 67,915 | 10,403 | 15.32 | 78,318 | 1,765 | 2.09 | 80,080 | 55 | -0.06 | 80,135 | 289 | 0.34 | 80,425 | 4,552 | 5.31 | 84,977 |
| 10 | 28,844 | 13,993 | 58.28 | 42,837 | 11,968 | 26.21 | 54,805 | 9,763 | 17.81 | 64,568 | 8,385 | 12.98 | 72,953 | 6,372 | 8.74 | 79,325 | 2,42 | -0.28 | 79,083 | 1,533 | 1.80 | 80,616 |
| 15 | 26,277 | 13,993 | 53.25 | 40,270 | 10,678 | 26.52 | 50,948 | 18,948 | 37.19 | 69,896 | 6,581 | 9.42 | 76,477 | 22,85 | 2.99 | 79,325 | 6,67 | 0.28 | 79,992 | 2,989 | 2.93 | 82,981 |
| 21 | 99,120 | 28,000 | 28.25 | 127,120 | 14,649 | 11.52 | 141,769 | 13,723 | 9.68 | 155,492 | 11,721 | 7.54 | 167,213 | 19,19 | 11.42 | 186,403 | 37,777 | 20.26 | 224,180 | 62,732 | 26.46 | 286,912 |
| 40 | 37,916 | 15,898 | 41.93 | 53,814 | 13,190 | 24.51 | 67,004 | 14,717 | 21.96 | 81,721 | 5,022 | 6.15 | 86,743 | 32,080 | 36.98 | 118,823 | 17,777 | 14.96 | 136,600 | 16,236 | 11.90 | 152,836 |
| 55 | 7,651 | 3,196 | 40.36 | 11,114 | 3,045 | 27.40 | 14,159 | 6,159 | 43.50 | 20,318 | 3,909 | 19.24 | 24,227 | 10,383 | 42.86 | 34,610 | 4,863 | 14.05 | 39,473 | 12,27 | 31.06 | 51,745 |
| 65 | 3,651 | 1,684 | 46.12 | 5,335 | 1,560 | 29.24 | 6,895 | 1,332 | 19.32 | 8,227 | 2,291 | 27.85 | 10,518 | 3,597 | 34.20 | 14,115 | 842 | 5.96 | 14,957 | 10,597 | 70.86 | 25,554 |
| Unspecified | 597 | 1,194 | 200.00 | 1,791 | -459 | -25.63 | 1,332 | 959 | 71.99 | 2,291 | 1,323 | 57.75 | 3,614 | 4472 | 123.74 | 8,086 | 126 | 1.56 | 8,212 | 202 | 2.46 | 8,414 |
| All ages .. | 299,514 | 114,898 | 38.36 | 414,412 | 75,521 | 18.22 | 489,933 | 88,549 | 18.07 | 578,482 | 48,176 | 8.33 | 626,658 | 76,702 | 12.24 | 703,360 | 69,359 | 9.86 | 772,719 | 115,859 | 14.99 | 888,578 |

MALES.

| Under 5 years | 26,111 | 9,271 | 35.51 | 35,382 | 6,254 | 17.68 | 41,636 | 2,184 | 5.25 | 43,820 | -1,561 | -3.56 | 42,259 | 189 | 0.45 | 42,448 | 1,876 | 4.42 | 44,324 | 8,175 | 18.44 | 52,499 |
| 5 years and under 10 years | 21,795 | 8,039 | 36.88 | 29,834 | 4,471 | 14.99 | 34,305 | 5,795 | 16.90 | 40,100 | 3,524 | 8.79 | 43,624 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 43,624 | 56 | 0.13 | 43,680 | 2,512 | 5.80 | 46,192 |
| 10 | 14,628 | 8,452 | 57.78 | 23,080 | 5,705 | 24.72 | 28,785 | 5,875 | 20.41 | 34,660 | 4,268 | 12.31 | 38,928 | 2,289 | 5.88 | 41,217 | 247 | 0.60 | 41,464 | 1,70 | 4.10 | 43,164 |
| 15 | 13,351 | 6,711 | 50.27 | 20,062 | 5,163 | 25.74 | 25,225 | 3,679 | 14.59 | 28,904 | 4,509 | 15.60 | 33,413 | 2,266 | 6.78 | 35,679 | 6,56 | 1.84 | 36,335 | 3,142 | 8.65 | 39,477 |
| 21 | 61,867 | 13,867 | 22.45 | 75,734 | 6,590 | 8.70 | 82,324 | 8,349 | 10.14 | 90,673 | 6,309 | 6.96 | 96,982 | 16,968 | 17.50 | 113,950 | 18,326 | 16.08 | 132,276 | 30,96 | 23.40 | 163,236 |
| 40 | 25,767 | 9,846 | 38.21 | 35,613 | 8,804 | 24.72 | 44,417 | 7,664 | 17.26 | 52,081 | 5,773 | 11.08 | 57,854 | 24,756 | 42.78 | 82,610 | 3,104 | 3.76 | 85,714 | 26,136 | 30.49 | 111,850 |
| 55 | 4,816 | 1,716 | 35.63 | 6,532 | 2,101 | 32.16 | 8,633 | 4,193 | 48.57 | 12,826 | 2,773 | 21.62 | 15,599 | 6,715 | 43.05 | 22,314 | 1,26 | 0.57 | 22,440 | 19,71 | 87.91 | 42,151 |
| 65 | 2,171 | 475 | 21.88 | 2,646 | 886 | 33.49 | 3,532 | 970 | 27.46 | 4,502 | 1,785 | 39.65 | 6,287 | 1,153 | 18.34 | 7,440 | 153 | 2.06 | 7,593 | 5,314 | 70.00 | 12,907 |
| Unspecified | 475 | 886 | 186.53 | 1,361 | -391 | -28.73 | 970 | 815 | 84.02 | 1,785 | 1,089 | 60.45 | 2,874 | 696 | 24.22 | 3,570 | 111 | 3.11 | 3,681 | 153 | 4.16 | 3,834 |
| All ages .. | 170,981 | 60,017 | 35.10 | 230,998 | 38,607 | 16.71 | 269,605 | 42,616 | 15.81 | 312,221 | 20,656 | 6.62 | 332,877 | 38,538 | 11.57 | 371,415 | 34,577 | 9.31 | 405,992 | 65,016 | 16.01 | 471,008 |

FEMALES.

| Under 5 years | 25,777 | 8,565 | 33.23 | 34,342 | 6,311 | 18.38 | 40,653 | 2,355 | 5.79 | 43,008 | -2,063 | -4.80 | 40,945 | 266 | 0.65 | 41,211 | 1,271 | 3.08 | 42,482 | 7,764 | 18.28 | 50,246 |
| 5 years and under 10 years | 21,508 | 8,248 | 38.35 | 29,756 | 3,854 | 12.95 | 33,610 | 4,573 | 13.60 | 38,183 | 3,320 | 8.70 | 41,503 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 41,503 | 42 | 0.10 | 41,545 | 2,040 | 4.91 | 43,585 |
| 10 | 14,216 | 8,358 | 58.79 | 22,574 | 6,173 | 27.35 | 28,747 | 4,573 | 15.91 | 33,320 | 3,926 | 11.78 | 37,246 | 2,094 | 5.62 | 39,340 | 298 | 0.76 | 39,638 | 4,222 | 10.71 | 43,860 |
| 15 | 12,926 | 7,282 | 56.34 | 20,208 | 5,515 | 27.29 | 25,723 | 3,747 | 14.57 | 29,470 | 3,385 | 11.49 | 32,855 | 2,268 | 6.90 | 35,123 | 2,298 | 6.54 | 37,421 | 4,230 | 11.30 | 41,651 |
| 21 | 37,253 | 14,149 | 37.97 | 51,402 | 8,059 | 15.69 | 59,461 | 10,044 | 16.90 | 69,505 | 6,941 | 10.00 | 76,446 | 19,451 | 25.45 | 95,897 | 19,451 | 20.28 | 115,348 | 24,984 | 21.66 | 140,332 |
| 40 | 12,149 | 6,052 | 49.81 | 18,201 | 5,179 | 28.45 | 23,380 | 7,511 | 32.13 | 30,891 | 4,299 | 13.92 | 35,190 | 4,257 | 12.09 | 39,447 | 3,105 | 7.87 | 42,552 | 17,980 | 42.25 | 60,532 |
| 55 | 3,102 | 1,102 | 35.52 | 4,204 | 2,088 | 49.67 | 6,292 | 2,088 | 33.19 | 8,380 | 1,576 | 18.80 | 9,956 | 3,632 | 36.48 | 13,588 | 2,553 | 18.80 | 16,141 | 12,135 | 75.15 | 28,276 |
| 65 | 1,480 | 1,22 | 8.24 | 1,602 | 752 | 46.94 | 2,354 | 1,492 | 63.38 | 3,846 | 1,508 | 39.21 | 5,354 | 2,477 | 46.26 | 7,831 | 272 | 3.47 | 8,103 | 3,999 | 49.36 | 12,102 |
| Unspecified | 308 | 308 | 100.00 | 616 | 308 | 50.00 | 924 | 144 | 15.58 | 1,068 | 506 | 47.38 | 1,574 | 49 | 3.11 | 1,623 | 49 | 3.02 | 1,672 | 208 | 12.44 | 1,880 |
| All ages .. | 128,533 | 54,881 | 42.70 | 183,414 | 36,914 | 20.13 | 220,328 | 45,933 | 20.85 | 266,261 | 27,520 | 10.34 | 293,781 | 38,164 | 12.91 | 331,945 | 34,782 | 10.48 | 366,727 | 50,843 | 13.86 | 417,570 |

NOTE.—The minus sign (—) indicates decrease.