Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 27

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✨ Census Data for Auckland Province

CENSUS OF THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

AN ABSTRACT of the RETURNS of POPULATION, HOUSES, PRODUCE, STOCK, &c., &c., in the Province of Auckland, New Zealand.

MARCH 31st, 1855.

DISTRICT.	POPULATION.	RACE.
	Males.	Females.
Province of Auckland	1045	984

RELIGION.	TRADE OR OCCUPATION.	MARRIED.	Single.	How arrived in the colony
Church of England	Commerce, Trade and Manufactures	Males	Females	Immigrated to	Born in	Can read and write	Can read only	Cannot read
5804	416	1732	4944	3486	7370	4549	4056	1482
Church of Rome	Agriculture	673	3486	7370	4549	4056	1482	6431
Presbyterian	Labourers	667	4549	4056	1482	6431	350	80
Wesleyan	Mechanics and Artificers	1334	4056	1482	6431	350	80	705
Baptist	Domestic servants	259	1482	6431	350	80	705	639
Dissenter	Clerical Profession	59	6431	350	80	705	639	136
Free Church of Scotland	Legal Profession	12	350	80	705	639	136	358
Greek Church	Medical Profession	23	80	705	639	136	358	2385
Hebrew	Other educated persons	156	705	639	136	358	2385
Hindoo	Other Occupations	182	639	136	358	2385
Independent		1757	136	358	2385
Israelite			358	2385
Lutheran			2385
Mussulman
Primitive Methodist
Quaker
Swedenborgian
Unitarian
Not described
Total	11,919

PRODUCE.	STOCK.
District.	Acres fenced in
Province of Auckland	43,761¼

Note.—This Return does not include the Military and their families; nor does it contain any information relative to the Native Population and their agricultural pursuits.

THOS. BECKHAM,
Senior Resident Magistrate.

VUW Te Waharoa — Auckland Provincial Gazette 1855, No 27

After Parliament moved to Wellington in 1865, the Auckland Provincial Council sat in General Assembly House (depicted).

It was nicknamed the 'Shedifice' as it was large and drafty, with a leaking roof. First premier Henry Sewell described it as 'a great wooden barnshaped affair, which might serve for a Hospital, a Jail, or a Barrack'.

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🎓 Census of the Province of Auckland, 1855

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Dated31 March 1855
KeywordsPopulation, Housing, Produce, Stock, Auckland, Census, Statistics
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THOS. BECKHAM, Senior Resident Magistrate

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