New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 13

Page 458

✨ Friendly Societies and Population Statistics



Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1920.
THE Ngahoa Lodge, No. 34 situated at Taumarunui, is
registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of the North
Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of
Druids Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act,
1909, this 31st day of January, 1920.
R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.
Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1920.
THE Rose of Clinton Rebekah Lodge, No. 19, situated at
Clinton, is registered as a branch of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society,
under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 30th day of
January, 1920.
R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Population of the Dominion.*

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 31st December, 1919.

Males. Females. Total.
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific islands) on 31st December, 1918 542,046 566,327 1,108,373
Increase during 1919–By excess of births over deaths 6,400 7,283 13,683
By excess of immigration over emigration (including members of Expeditionary Forces) 40,462 1,890 42,352
Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific islands) on 31st December, 1919 588,908 575,500 1,164,408
Maori population, Census, 1916 25,933 23,843 49,776
Population of Cook and other Pacific islands, Census, 1916 6,552 6,245 12,797
Total estimated population of the Dominion on 31st December, 1919 621,393 605,588 1,226,981
  • Subject to revision.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

The numbers and rates of births and deaths for the last ten years are as under:—

Year. Numbers. Rate per 1,000 of the Mean Population.
Births. Deaths. Births.
1910 25,984 9,639
1911 26,354 9,534
1912 27,508 9,214
1913 27,935 10,119
1914 28,338 10,148
1915 27,850 9,965
1916 28,509 10,596
1917 28,239 10,528
1918 25,860 16,364
1919* 24,490 10,807
  • Subject to revision.

Births in 1919.

The number of births registered in 1919 (24,490) is the lowest recorded in any year since 1906, when the mean population for the year was only 919,105, as compared with a mean of 1,136,390 in 1919. The rate for 1919 is easily the lowest on record, being 1·89 per 1,000 less than for 1918, which held the record previously.

The continued duration of the war, with its effect on the marriage rate, combined with the calling-up of married men for service overseas, is reflected in the rapidly falling birth-rate of 1918 and 1919. It might have been anticipated, however, that with the termination of actual hostilities in November, 1918, the birth-rate would reach its lowest point during September quarter of 1919, after which it would begin to show an improvement, and this is what has happened, as will be seen from the following figures. It is reasonable to expect that the improvement indicated by the figures for the last quarter of 1919 will be at least maintained in 1920.

Quarter ended
Number of Births
registered.
31st March, 1918
6,354
30th June, 1918
6,647
30th September, 1918
6,526
31st December, 1918
6,333
31st March, 1919
6,061
30th June, 1919
6,136
30th September, 1919
5,832
31st December, 1919
6,461

Deaths in 1919.

Although, with the exception of the year 1918 (when the deaths were increased by 50 per cent. on account of the influenza epidemic of the last quarter), the number of deaths registered in 1919 is the highest on record, nevertheless the rate per 1,000 of mean population is not exceptional, and is indeed only 0·10 per 1,000 higher than for the average of the five years 1913–17.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1920.
J. W. BUTCHER,
Acting Government Statistician.



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🏥 Registration of Ngahoa Lodge as a Branch of the United Ancient Order of Druids

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
3 February 1920
Friendly Societies, Registration, Taumarunui, United Ancient Order of Druids
  • R. E. Hayes, Registrar of Friendly Societies

🏥 Registration of Rose of Clinton Rebekah Lodge as a Branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
3 February 1920
Friendly Societies, Registration, Clinton, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
  • R. E. Hayes, Registrar of Friendly Societies

🏛️ Population Statistics of New Zealand as of 31st December 1919

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
2 February 1920
Population, Statistics, Demographics, Census, Births, Deaths
  • J. W. Butcher, Acting Government Statistician