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Pacific Islands Monthly, 22 January 1937Vol. VII, No. 6

53,000 Samoans: 45 Per Cent. Increase in Ten Years

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adventures, will make another cruise shortly. 53,000 SAMOANS 45 Per Cent. Increase In Ten Years From Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, December 23.

AS a result of the preliminary count in the Samoan census taken on November 4, the number of Samoan natives is computed at over 53,000, while the total population of the territory is approximately 57,000.

This shows a large increase in the Samoan natives and Europeans of mixed blood since the taking of the previous census in 1926.