Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, June 17, 1854.

THE FOLLOWING
RESULT
OF
THE
CENSUS
IS
PUBLISHED
FOR
GENERAL
INFORMATION.

H. G. GOULAND,
Provincial Secretary.

ABSTRACT OF THE CENSUS OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY IN NEW ZEALAND,
TAKEN ON THE 31ST MARCH, 1854.

COMPILED BY HENRY JOHN PORTER, M.R.I.A.

| DISTRICTS. |
|:---|:---:|
| | POPULATION OF CANTERBURY. |
| | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| | CHILDREN OF EUROPEANS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND. |
| | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| | AGES. |
| | Under 5. | Between 5 and 10. | Between 10 and 15. | Between 15 and 20. | Between 20 and 30. | Between 30 and 40. | Between 40 and 50. | Between 50 and 60. | 60 and upwards. |
| | RACE. |
| | English. | Scotch. | Irish. | French. | German. | Other European. |
| | RELIGION. |
| | Church of England. | Presbyterian. | Wesleyan. | Independent. | Baptist. | Roman Catholic. | Friends. | Other Sects. |
| | RANK OR OCCUPATION. |
| | Labourers, Agricultural, and Mechanics. | Commercial and Professional. | Landowners. | Miscellaneous. |
| | DATE OF ENTERING THE COLONY. |
| | Before 1852. | 1852. | 1853. | 1854. |
| 1. The Town of Christchurch .. |
| | 302 | 246 | 548 | 33 | 30 | 63 | 96 | 70 | 67 | 92 | 164 | 105 | 44 | 45 | 25 | 400 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 496 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 27 | 31 | 74 | 346 | 64 | 54 | 21 |
| 2. The Avon, Heathcote, and Lincoln Road District |
| | 288 | 237 | 525 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 94 | 70 | 64 | 105 | 133 | 53 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 477 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 335 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 72 | 337 | 50 | 30 | 15 |
| 3. The Riccarton District .. |
| | 197 | 165 | 362 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 75 | 58 | 34 | 73 | 81 | 39 | 51 | 3 | 6 | 321 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 6 | 72 | 209 | 13 | 28 | 22 |
| 4. The Papanui District .. |
| | 200 | 169 | 369 | 28 | 13 | 41 | 84 | 63 | 48 | 51 | 89 | 50 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 330 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 50 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 72 | 231 | 28 | 38 | 27 |
| 5. The Town and Suburbs of Lyttelton .. |
| | 470 | 449 | 919 | 89 | 90 | 171 | 170 | 171 | 148 | 116 | 156 | 232 | 89 | 8 | 550 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 717 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 83 | 90 | 312 | 747 | 74 | 48 | 14 |
| 6. Sumner, Godley's Bay, and Mount Pleasant .. |
| | 39 | 28 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 7. Port Victoria District .. |
| | 111 | 91 | 202 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 45 | 38 | 33 | 33 | 41 | 40 | 172 | 27 | 3 | 179 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 102 | 39 | 30 | 0 |
| 8. Port Levy District .. |
| | 13 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. Akaroa District .. |
| | 233 | 172 | 405 | 64 | 53 | 117 | 63 | 56 | 49 | 89 | 88 | 57 | 3 | 68 | 40 | 217 | 68 | 40 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 266 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 6 | 67 | 47 | 44 | 264 | 2 | 15 | 14 |
| 10. Kaiapoi and Pastoral District N. of the Waimakariri .. |
| | 195 | 79 | 274 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 40 | 16 | 31 | 93 | 79 | 17 | 63 | 40 | 16 | 210 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 218 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 3 | 23 | 82 | 131 | 6 | 19 | 4 |
| 11. Pastoral District between the Waimakariri & Rakaia rivers |
| | 126 | 44 | 170 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 16 | 31 | 93 | 30 | 12 | 120 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 157 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 97 | 23 | 24 | 0 |
| 12. .. between the Rakaia & Rangitata rivers .. |
| | 23 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL |
| | 2196 | 1690 | 3888 | 299 | 266 | 565 | 707 | 542 | 489 | 762 | 896 | 373 | 27 | 311 | 162 | 3290 | 311 | 162 | 57 | 24 | 38 | 3225 | 190 | 291 | 37 | 10 | 111 | 25 | 589 | 130 | 227 | 541 | 2301 | 221 | 276 | 82 |

NOTE.—No satisfactory Census of the Maori population can be given, as the Maories were in a state of Migration when the Census was taken.