Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette – 1860 – No. 26

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✨ Census population statistics

No. 1.

TABLE shewing the Numbers, Sexes, and Ages of the Population (of European descent) in the Province of Hawke's Bay, as ascertained by a Census taken on April 21, 1860.


	NUMBER OF EACH AGE AND SEX.													TOTAL OF SEXES.
	Males.							Females.
	Under 5 years.	Between 5 and 10.	Between 10 and 15.	Between 15 and 25.	Between 25 and 40.	Between 40 and 60.	60 and upwards.	Under 5 years.	Between 5 and 10.	Between 10 and 15.	Between 15 and 25.	Between 25 and 40.	Between 40 and 60.	60 and upwards.	Males.	Females.
North District	38	33	40	90	108	84	5	41	34	28	27	27	14	2	398	173
Middle District	34	24	21	131	220	50	4	46	25	16	45	46	5	0	484	183
South District	26	20	13	77	118	20	0	15	12	8	20	24	5	0	274	84
Napier District	77	33	25	90	189	52	5	48	30	22	68	82	20	2	471	272
	175	110	99	388	635	206	14	150	101	74	160	179	44	4	1627	712
MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	148	37
GENERAL TOTALS OF THE EUROPEAN POPULATION IN APRIL, 1860.	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1775	749

The following are the Boundaries of the different Districts :—

North District—comprising all to the North of the Meanee River, excluding the Town of Napier.
Middle District—lying between the Meanee River and the Omakari, Manga Makahi, Tukituki, and Waipawa Rivers.
South District—comprised between the boundaries last named and the Southern Boundary of the Province.
Napier District—Town of Napier.

PDF — Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1860, No 26

The Hawke's Bay Provincial Council Chambers (depicted) were completed in 1861 on Shakespeare Road, Napier

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🎓 Census of the European population in the Province of Hawke's Bay

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
KeywordsCensus, Population, Statistics, Hawke's Bay, European descent, 1860

🏛️ Boundaries of the Hawke's Bay census districts

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsBoundaries, Census Districts, Hawke's Bay, Geography, Napier

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