Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1854 – No. 14

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✨ Census Statistics



EDUCATION

DISTRICTS Sick or Infirm. Education. Dwellings. Acres in Crop. Stock.
Cannot read. Can read only. Can read and write. Day. Sunday. Day & Sunday. Day Schools. Sunday Schools. Stone or Brick. Wood. Sod or Cob. Wattle&Daub or Raupo. Uninhabited. No. of Acres Fenced in. In Wheat. In Barley. In Oats. In Maize. In Potatoes. In Grass (artificial). In Garden or Orchard. In any other Crops. Horses. Mules and Asses. Cattle. Sheep. Goats.
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1. The Town of Christchurch 4 114 40 391 17 7 30 10 0 107 0 2 109 6 684 65 9 101 0 12 10 23 6 79 3 169 97
2. The Avon, Heathcote, and Lincoln Road District 3 150 56 326 5 5 0 1 0 58 37 14 109 10 2767 340 139 308 0 111 66 48 42 112 1 1055 210
3. The Riccarton District 0 136 52 179 4 0 2 0 0 27 23 25 74 0 2091 206 81 267 1 67 122 32 94 0 211 33 5
4. The Papanui District 3 133 56 177 0 0 0 0 6 29 28 8 65 0 564 95 34 66 0 24 8 15 0 271 271 16 257
5. The Town and Suburbs of Lyttelton 9 227 103 580 54 42 53 32 0 135 3 39 179 46 120 2 0 2 0 0 9 22 0 130 10 10 150
6. Sumner, Gollan's Bay, and Mount Pleasant 1 17 10 40 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 14 0 2 52 3 4 0 14 0 188 900 5 333
7. Port Victoria District 0 77 20 106 1 0 0 0 10 2 0 1 3 0 190 6 12 0 33 40 13 16 36 0 825 5,763 2
8. Port Levy District 0 10 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 6 5 1 6 0 90 0 18 155
9. Akaroa District 0 125 74 198 0 0 0 0 12 79 0 43 79 0 439 72 44 8 0 68 39 30 3 24 9 1080 3,058
10. Kaiapoi and Pastoral District N. of the Waimakariri 1 52 15 98 0 0 0 0 0 4 51 0 144 12 1 35 0 18 7 19 1 100 7 701 38,129 4 345
11. Pastoral Dist. between the Waimakariri & Rakaia rivers 0 28 9 133 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 133 4 11 1 3 0 5 1 10 2 80 0 1574 31,332 2
12. Pastoral Dist. between the Rakaia and Rangitata do. 0 9 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 69 18,000 0 11
13. South of the Rangitata.* 0 - - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17,000

| TOTAL | 21 | 1078 | 442 | 2254 | 81 | 54 | 83 | 46 | 7 | 23 | 365 | 93 | 88 | 752 | 64 | 7221 | 807 | 287 | 802 | 364 | 289 | 227 | 143 | 596 | 20 | 63,663 | 99,245 | 396 | 4391 |

No report was made as to the description or materials of buildings in the Districts numbered 7 to 13.

  • No information was received from this District except the number of Sheep.

(Signed)

HENRY JOHN PORTER.



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🎓 Abstract of the Census of the Province of Canterbury (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
17 June 1854
Census, Population, Education, Housing, Agriculture, Livestock, Canterbury
  • HENRY JOHN PORTER