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Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



between the general populations, but are, as a rule, more 

 marked. 



The excess of population of the age of young manhood and 

 middle age in the northern districts is much greater than for 

 the general population, as is also the corresponding deficiency 

 in the southern districts, which increases the force of the 

 remark made above as to the greater economic potentialities 

 of the population of the north. 



The excess in Auckland of male population of old age is 

 much less than for both sexes combined, and the deficiency in 

 the Wellington District is substantially greater, so that in 

 both districts females form a greater percentage of the popula- 

 tion of old age than of the whole. 



Canterbury has a deficiency in males of 65 and over, 

 although taking both sexes together her population approxi- 

 mates to the average. 



In Otago the excess of old men is rather more marked 

 than the excess of old people generally. 



Tables V. and VI. deal similarly with the female popula- 

 tion. 



Table V. 



Percentages of Female Population of New Zealand and Four Chief 

 Provinces in Quinquennial Age periods. 



This table is illustrated graphically in Plate XLIV. 



