Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 19

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✨ Māori population statistics



PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

RETURN of the MAORI POPULATION in the undermentioned Districts.

(Compiled, with the exception of numbers for Taumutu, Tewaiaternati, and Arahura, from a detailed Census furnished by his Honor the Superintendent of Canterbury.)

DISTRICTS. MALES. FEMALES. TOTALS. General Name of Tribe Ngai Tahu.
Under 14 years. 14 years and upwards. Total. Under 14 years. 14 years and upwards. Total. Males. Females. Totals.
ON THE EAST COAST.
Settlements on the Plains—
Kaiapoi 15 56 71 8 44 52 71 52 123 Hapū.
Taumutu — — — — — — — — 20 Nga Tuahuriri.
Tewaiaternati — — — — — — — — 43
Banks' Peninsula—Port Victoria
Rapaki 4 20 24 6 18 24 24 24 48 Nga Tuahuriri.
Little Rapaki or Taumutu 1 6 7 1 4 5 7 5 12 Do
Purau (Rhodes' Bay) 2 6 8 1 5 6 8 6 14 Nga-te-rangi Whaka-
Kokorarata—Port Levy 7 43 50 2 32 34 50 34 84 Ngai tu te huarewa.
Whakarau—Pigeon Bay 9 10 19 2 8 10 19 10 29 Ngai Tuahuriri. §
Akaroa—
Onawe 4 7 11 2 7 9 11 9 20 Ngai Tuahuriri. §
Wainui and Onuku 8 21 29 7 12 19 29 19 48 Ngai Tarawa.
Wairewa, or Little River 3 17 20 2 18 20 20 20 40 Ngai Te Ira kahu.
ON THE WEST COAST.
Arahura — — — — — — 43 51 94
TOTALS. 50 186 222 28 137 166 365 317 665

‡ With respect to these numbers no detailed information.

  • Of whom two men are Ngatimamui, from Whanganui. These are all squatters; No land at Pigeon Bay belonging to Maories.
    § Except 2 men and 3 women, Ngai Tarawa.
    Note.—It will be seen in cross-casting the last line "Totals," that 127 appearing in the last column of the last division, are not classified.

Lyttelton, 17th September, 1857. J. W. HAMILTON.



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🎓 Return of the Māori population in the Province of Canterbury

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
17 September 1857
Statistics, Māori, Population, Canterbury, Census, Tribes, Ngai Tahu
  • J. W. Hamilton