In Fiji Population
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30 Per Cent. Increase In Fiji Population Astonishing Figures Revealed by 1946 Census
Suva, Nov. 12.
PRELIMINARY figures issued by the Census Commissioner indicate that the total population of the Colony of Fiji is now 259,385. This represents an increase of 61,000 or 30.75 per cent, over the total recorded in the last census (1936).
In the same ten-year period, the popu lation of Suva has grown from 15,522 to 26,019 —an increase of 67 per cent.
Detailed figures are not yet available.