New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 4

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✨ Census Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Census, 1906.—Birthplaces of the People.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 15th January, 1907.

FURTHER results of the Census taken for the 29th April last, as shown in the accompanying tables relating to the birthplaces and allegiance of the people, are published for general information.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

BIRTHPLACES.—NUMBERS FOR EACH NATIONALITY, AND INCREASE, 1901 TO 1906.

TABLE I.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris) the Number of Persons, Males and Females, in New Zealand, of various Birthplaces, according to the Census taken for the 29th April, 1906, with the Increase or Decrease in the Numbers for each Nationality since 1901.

Birthplace. Census, 1906. Census, 1901. Increase or Decrease.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Numerical. Centesimal.
Total population .. 888,578 471,008 417,570 772,719 115,859 14·99
Total for specified birthplaces 888,106 470,692 417,414 772,277 115,829 15·00
BRITISH.
United Kingdom—
England .. 116,560 67,957 48,603 111,964 4,596 4·10
Wales .. 2,144 1,336 808 1,765 379 21·47
Scotland .. 47,767 28,078 19,689 47,858 — 91 — 0·19
Ireland .. 42,460 23,295 19,165 43,524 — 1,064 — 2·44
Australasia and Fiji—
New Zealand.. 606,247 303,976 302,271 516,106 90,141 17·47
Queensland .. 3,193 1,771 1,422 1,271 1,922 151·21
New South Wales .. 13,018 7,602 5,416 6,430 6,588 102·46
Victoria .. 19,512 11,249 8,263 12,583 6,929 55·07
South Australia .. 2,590 1,508 1,082 1,575 1,015 64·44
Western Australia .. 460 242 218 190 270 142·11
Tasmania .. 5,479 3,271 2,208 3,720 1,759 47·28
Australia (State not named) .. 3,004 1,829 1,175 1,222 1,782 145·83
Fiji .. 280 137 143 224 56 25·00
Other British Possessions—
Gibraltar .. 54 24 30 48 6 12·50
Malta .. 57 39 18 55 2 3·64
India and Ceylon .. 1,355 774 581 1,286 69 5·37
Cape of Good Hope .. 205 94 111 141 64 45·39
St. Helena .. 33 21 12 43 — 10 — 23·26
British North America, Canada 1,547 951 596 1,544 3 0·19
West Indies .. 243 169 74 208 35 16·83
Others .. 786 452 334 724 62 8·56
FOREIGN.
Austria-Hungary .. 2,212 2,042 170 1,874 338 18·04
Belgium .. 126 85 41 117 9 7·69
Denmark and Possessions .. 2,277 1,526 751 2,120 157 7·41
France and Possessions .. 624 417 207 609 15 2·46
Germany .. 4,174 2,731 1,443 4,217 — 43 — 1·02
Greece .. 144 124 20 123 21 17·07
Italy .. 574 458 116 428 146 34·11
Netherlands and Possessions .. 115 105 10 116 — 1 — 0·86
Poland .. 131 91 40 97 34 35·05
Portugal and Possessions .. 117 102 15 172 — 55 — 31·98
Russia and Possessions .. 484 414 70 387 97 25·06
Spain and Possessions .. 69 57 12 59 10 16·95
Sweden .. 1,618 1,412 206 1,548 70 4·52
Norway .. 1,396 1,032 364 1,279 117 9·15
Switzerland .. 464 356 108 333 131 39·34
Other European Countries .. 46 36 10 30 16 53·33
China .. 2,602 2,556 46 2,902 — 300 — 10·34
Africa .. 129 63 66 103 26 25·24
America, North America .. 842 523 319 776 66 8·51
United States of America .. 1,156 785 371 881 275 31·21
Other Foreign Countries .. 507 366 201 422 145 34·36
At Sea .. 1,245 636 609 1,203 42 3·49
Unspecified .. 472 316 156 442 30 6·79
Allegiance.
British subjects.. 875,722 460,329 415,393 761,104 114,618 15·06
Foreign subjects 12,856 10,679 2,177 11,615 1,241 10·68

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



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🏛️ Census 1906: Birthplaces of the People

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
15 January 1907
Census, Statistics, Birthplaces, Population, Allegiance, 1906, 1901
  • E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General