CENSUS OF NEW ZEALAND.—DECEMBER, 1861.

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.—SUMMARY.

ENUMERATOR’S RETURN A.

POPULATION CLASSIFIED WITH REFERENCE TO AGE AND SEX.

| Sub-Districts. | NUMBERS OF EACH AGE AND SEX. | Half-casts,
included in the
foregoing Totals. | General
Totals
of
Population. |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| | MALES. | FEMALES. | Males. | Females. |
| | Under 6
years. | 6 and
under
16. | 16 and
under
21. | 21 and
under
40. | 40 and
under
55. | 55 and
under
65. | 65 and
upwards. | Total
Males. | Under 6
years. | 6 and
under
16. | 16 and
under
21. | 21 and
under
40. | 40 and
under
55. | 55 and
under
65. | 65 and
upwards. | Total
Females. | | |
| Cheviot, B. C. D... | 104 | 101 | 103 | 516 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 906 | 105 | 74 | 43 | 144 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 399 | 1 | 2 | 1305 |
| Kaiapoi... | 312 | 285 | 65 | 357 | 110 | 14 | 5 | 1148 | 298 | 254 | 71 | 318 | 88 | 10 | 4 | 1043 | 0 | 0 | 2191 |
| Town of Christchurch ... | 381 | 293 | 89 | 643 | 153 | 26 | 13 | 1598 | 371 | 319 | 161 | 597 | 135 | 17 | 7 | 1607 | 0 | 0 | 3205 |
| Avon... | 307 | 299 | 70 | 341 | 126 | 24 | 8 | 1175 | 287 | 226 | 63 | 326 | 85 | 17 | 2 | 1006 | 1 | 0 | 2181 |
| Heathcote... | 281 | 232 | 78 | 425 | 130 | 19 | 5 | 1170 | 255 | 182 | 69 | 328 | 98 | 15 | 2 | 949 | 0 | 0 | 2119 |
| Ellesmere... | 50 | 78 | 28 | 98 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 288 | 31 | 47 | 22 | 63 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 193 | 2 | 2 | 481 |
| Town of Lyttelton... | 211 | 171 | 79 | 452 | 115 | 12 | 5 | 1045 | 255 | 165 | 92 | 295 | 80 | 9 | 3 | 899 | 0 | 0 | 1944 |
| Akaroa... | 135 | 122 | 34 | 171 | 65 | 17 | 6 | 550 | 144 | 103 | 45 | 138 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 481 | 15 | 14 | 1031 |
| Timaru, A. B. C. D... | 142 | 87 | 106 | 626 | 84 | 10 | 4 | 1059 | 147 | 101 | 49 | 195 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 524 | 5 | 4 | 1583 |
| Totals... | 1923 | 1668 | 652 | 3629 | 879 | 138 | 50 | 8939 | 1893 | 1471 | 615 | 2404 | 603 | 93 | 22 | 7101 | 24 | 22 | 16,040 |

THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE, Enumerator.