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CENSUS, 1911: COOK AND OTHER ANNEXED PACIFIC ISLANDS. INTERIM REPORT AS TO POPULATION, ETC., OF THE COOK AND OTHER ANNEXED PACIFIC ISLANDS (EXCLUSIVE OF THE ISLANDS OF NIUE, PALMERSTON, AND PUKA PUKA).

Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 1£ of the Census and Statistics Act, 1910.

CONTENTS. p«e« Summary of Population .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Native and Half-oaste PopulationResidences and Birthplaces .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Age Groups .. .. .. .. :. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Religions, Education, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 British and Foreign born— Residences and Birthplaces .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Approximate Ages, Religions, and Education .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Selected Extracts from Correspondence and Reports of Resident Commissioner and Sub-Enumerators .. . . 5-7

Registrar-General's Office, 18th September, 1911. The returns for the Cook and other annexed Pacific Islands, with the exception of Niue, Palmerston, and Puka Puka, have been received, and the results are as set forth in the attached tables. Selected extracts from the reports and correspondence of the Sub-Enumerators relative to the conditions, Ac, on the Islands are also annexed. The total population of the islands for which returns have been received is 8,049, and if the Islands of Niue, Palmerston, and Puka Puka are taken at the figures of previous census —3,822, 82, and 435 respectively—the approximate population of the annexed Pacific islands will be 12,388, as against 12,340 in 1906. M. Fraser, Government Statistician.

SUMMARY. Table I. —Showing the Population (Native and other) of the Cook and othkr Annexed Pacific Islands (excluding Niue, Palmerston, and Puka Puka) according to a Census taken in April, 1911. Persons. Males. Females. Natives and half-castes ... ... ... ... ... 7,878 4,168 3,710 British-born and foreigners .. ... ... 171 111 60 Totals ... ... ... ... ... 8,049 4,279 3,770