New Zealand Gazette – 1865 – No. 17

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✨ Census Statistics Table

No. I.

SUMMARY OF THE POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND (OF EUROPEAN DESCENT), AND OF THE CULTIVATION AND CROPS, AND THE LIVE STOCK, IN THE POSSESSION OF SUCH
POPULATION, AS ASCERTAINED BY A CENSUS TAKEN IN DECEMBER, 1864.

PROVINCES.	POPULATION.	CULTIVATION AND CROPS—No. of Acres.	LIVE STOCK.
	Males.	Females.	Totals.
:---	:---	:---	:---
Auckland	25,686	16,446	42,132
Taranaki	2,872	1,502	4,374
Wellington	8,342	6,645	14,987
Hawke's Bay	2,461	1,309	3,770
Nelson	6,706	5,204	11,910
Marlborough	4,032	1,487	5,519
Canterbury	18,929	13,318	32,247
Otago	32,645	16,262	48,907
Southland	4,806	3,279	8,085
Gen. Totals (exclusive of the Military & their Families)	106,479	65,452	171,931

The numbers of the Military and their families on the 1st of December, were—Officers and men, 9,136; male children, 933; total males, 10,069. Women, 1,024; female children, 880; total females, 1,904.
Total of the Military and their families, 11,973; making the general total of the European population 183,904, viz., 116,548 males, and 67,356 females.

The numbers of Military Settlers and the Colonial Defence Force, included in the above table, were, in the aggregate, 6,382, viz., 5,139 males, and 1,243 females. Their distribution in the several Provinces
of the Northern Island on the Census night, was :—Auckland : Males, 4,035; females, 1,089; total, 5,124. Taranaki : Males, 969; females, 118; total, 1,087. Wellington: Males, 35; females, 14; total, 49.
Hawke's Bay: Males, 100; females, 22; total, 122. Further information will be found in the next table (No. II.)

No return for the Chatham Islands has yet been received. The European population in 1861 was 50, viz., 27 males and 23 females.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1865, No 17

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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🏛️ Summary of European Population, Cultivation, and Livestock Statistics (1864 Census) (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated13 May 1865
KeywordsCensus, Population statistics, Cultivation, Live Stock, 1864, Provinces

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