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Section 1.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT.
Area of the District.
The total area of the Urban District is 2,650 acres: the total
waters of the foreshore cover 131 acres, the area of land and inland
water being 2,519 acres.
Population.
The population of the Barnes Urban District as enumerated
at the last three Censuses is given below:—
Census. Population.
1901 17,821
1911 30,377
1921 34,281
For the year 1926 the Registrar General has estimated the
mid-yearly population for the District to be 36,180. Contrasted
with the mid-yearly estimated population of 34,010 for 1921, the
estimated population for 1926 represents an increase in the
population over a period of five years of 2,170 persons. During
those five years the increase in population by reason of the excess
of births over deaths amounts to 1,100 persons, and during the
same period 1,466 new dwelling houses were erected and occupied
by families mostly from outside the district. There does not
appear to have been much emigration from the District.
A very considerable increase in the population has undoubtedly
occurred, and with the continuance of building in the area a large
further increase may be expected.
The density of population is now 14.4 persons per acre, having
doubled since 1901, when the density was 7.1 per acre.
Physical Features and General Character of the Area.
In my Annual Report for 1925 details were given of the
physical features and the general character of the area, and
reference may be made to page 3 of that report.