<page_title> List of cities in New Zealand </page_title> <section_title> Populations of present-day city (and Auckland) councils </section_title> <table> <cell> 4 <col_header> Rank (pop.) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Hamilton <col_header> City council </col_header> </cell> <cell> 169,300 <col_header> Population </col_header> </cell> </table>
in 1936, the population of Hamilton was 169,300, the country's fourth most-populous city.