The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Year	Pakeha	Maori
1840	2000	80000
1858	59000	56000
1874	299000	47000
1878	412000	46000
1881	488000	46000
1886	577000	44000
1891	624000	44000
1896	701000	42000
1901	770000	46000

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