NEW ZEALAND'S POPULATION.

SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.

PRESS ASSOCIATION WELLINGTON, February 4. The Gazette last night states that the •population of New Zealand at December 31st (exclusive- of Maoris) was 982,923; Maoris 47,731. Cook and other islands bring the gross total to 1,042,-994. The males numbered 552,165 and females 490,829. There are 2824 Chinese (67 females) in the Dominion. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVIII, 4 February 1910, Page 5