Compared
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Fijians And The
Indians
Birth and Death Rates Compared
A COMPILATION recently issued by the Registrar-General in Fiji shows the following interesting figures re lating to the Fijian and Indian com munities :
The Fijian race, in comparison with many other Islands races, shows strength and virility. In comparison with the fecund Indian community, now strongly established in that beautiful and fertile archipelago, it makes a tragic showing.
Population. 1926 census Fijians 97,651 Indians 85,002 Population, 1945, est. .. 115,724 117,256 Birth-rate, 1945 .. per 1,000, 37.3 43.0 Death-rate, 1945 .. per 1,000, 15.3 7.4