POPULATION STATISTICS.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

WELLINGTON, this day.

The number of Chinese in New Zealand on the 31st December last was estimated at 2846, of whom 31 were females. Excluding Maoris (43,143), the population of the colony increased in 1901 by 19,379, or at the rate of 2.52 per cent. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 45, 22 February 1902, Page 6