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At midsummer, 1913, the Registrar-General estimated the
population to be 62,230. It has been explained in previous reports
that this estimate is based on the assumption that the rate of
increase which obtained in the last intercensal period is being
maintained. There is ground to believe that this increase is not
maintained, and that the increase in the intercensal period was not
an uniform one. The great increase occurred between 1901 and
1905. Since 1905 the increase has been fairly constant, but the
extent is not nearly as great as it was prior to that date. I
estimate the population on June 30th, 1913, to be 60,000, and the
rates in this Report are based on that estimate. This estimate is
based on the number of new houses erected. The Surveyor has
kindly supplied me with particulars of buildings erected, and
between July 1st, 1912, and July 1st, 1913, 167 dwelling houses,
13 factories, 2 shops, and 40 additions to buildings were completed.