21 APRIL 1950, Page 20

Race Relations in the Commonwealth SIR,—In my letter in the

Spectator of April 14th I gave the Maori popu- lation of New Zealand as 55,000. This figure is incorrect. The latest census gives the native population as 109,000, and the European popula- tion as 1,840,0W. The error was due to my having consulted an out- of-date census. Please accept my apologies for the mistake.—I am,