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	Private	Public
1947	383	276
1948	409	299
1949	468	362
1950	493	399
1951	553	364
1952	612	348
1953	669	487
1954	719	529
1955	917	543
1956	848	596
1957	806	639
1958	877	654
1959	875	646
1960	894	680
1961	1105	703
1962	1194	732
1963	1154	760
1964	1216	822
1965	1399	873
1966	1576	941
1967	1584	998
1968	1239	945
1969	1412	895
1970	1598	861
1971	1742	906
1972	1830	976
1973	1824	1031
1974	2215	942
1975	2231	1102
1976	2197	1163
1977	2159	994

Source: Statistics New Zealand		

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