New Zealand Gazette – 1865 – No. 17

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. III.
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TABLE SHOWING THE POPULATION (OF EUROPEAN DESCENT) IN THE SEVERAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
IN NEW ZEALAND, AS ASCERTAINED BY A CENSUS TAKEN IN DECEMBER, 1864.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. Total Males. Total Females. General Totals of Population. ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. Total Males. Total Females. General Totals of Population.
Mongonui . 245 202 447 Collingwood . 474 326 800
Bay of Islands . 642 465 1,107 Motueka . 1,149 976 2,125
Marsden . 1,420 1,085 2,505 City of Nelson 2,364 2,179 4,543
Northern Division . 2,282 1,284 3,566 Suburbs of Nelson 406 347 753
City of Auckland East 2,064 1,679 3,743 Waimea . 1,721 1,273 2,994
City of Auckland West 4,617 3,591 8,208 Picton . 2,661 744 3,405
Parnell . 1,482 1,395 2,877 Wairau . 1,248 701 1,949
Newton . 1,215 1,102 2,317 Cheviot . 3,919 1,524 5,443
Pensioner Settlements 745 665 1,410 Kaiapoi . 1,896 1,609 3,505
Onehunga . 1,115 1,021 2,136 Avon . 1,907 1,752 3,659
Franklin . 2,573 1,409 3,982 Heathcote . 2,864 2,439 5,303
Raglan . 2,429 1,437 3,866 Ellesmere . 458 271 729
Grey and Bell . 191 98 289 City of Christchurch 3,457 2,966 6,423
Town of New Plymouth 1,633 1,283 2,916 Town of Lyttelton 1,353 1,083 2,436
Omata . 51 3 54 Akaroa . 919 661 1,580
Wanganui . 1,429 990 2,419 Timaru . 2,355 1,122 3,477
Rangitiki . 741 531 1,272 Hampden . 10,389 2,582 12,971
Porirua . 1,256 971 2,227 Bruce . 7,391 3,734 11,125
City of Wellington 2,327 2,326 4,653 Dunedin & Suburbs (North) 5,416 4,780 10,196
Hutt. 1,142 952 2,094 Dunedin & Suburbs (South) 6,349 4,765 11,114
Wairarapa . 1,316 859 2,175 Wallace . 7,382 3,654 11,036
Napier . 1,237 818 2,055 Totals . 99,291 64,123 163,414
Clive. 1,061 469 1,530

The above table does not include the Military Settlers, &c., numbering in the aggregate, with their families, 6,382
(see Table No. II). The numbers in the shipping in the various harbours have also been deducted from the population of the
respective Electoral Districts, so far as they could be ascertained from the returns yet received. These were-Mongonui:
Males, 27. Bay of Islands: M., 24. Marsden: M., 16; F., 3. Northern Division: M., 48; F., 1. Port of Auckland:
M., 465; F., 7. Onehunga: M., 44; F., 3. Franklin: M., 59; F., 3. Raglan: M., 139; F., 5. New Plymouth: M.,
28. Wanganui: M., 7. Rangitiki: M., 3. City of Wellington: M., 86; F., 2. Napier: M., 63. City of Nelson: M.,
149; F., 9. Ellesmere (on board ships in Lyttelton harbour): M., 335; F., 18. Dunedin and suburbs (North): M., 357;
F., 26. Dunedin and suburbs (South): M., 135; F., 8. Wallace: M., 64; F., 1. The addition of the numbers of
Military Settlers, &c. (6,382), and of the persons in the shipping (2,135), to the above total for the Electoral Districts
(163,414), will bring out the general total of 171,931, shown in Table I. as the population of the Colony.

No. IV.

COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING THE NUMERICAL AND CENTESIMAL INCREASE OF THE POPULATION
(OF EUROPEAN DESCENT) IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCES OF NEW ZEALAND, DURING A PERIOD OF
THREE YEARS, VIZ., DECEMBER, 1861, TO DECEMBER, 1864.

PROVINCE. 1861. 1864. NUMERICAL INCREASE IN THREE YEARS. CENTESIMAL INCREASE IN 3 YRS.
Males. Females. Total. Males. Females.
Auckland . 13,494 10,926 24,420 25,686
Taranaki . 1,169 875 2,044 2,872
Wellington 6,626 5,940 12,566 8,342
Hawke's Bay . 1,667 944 2,611 2,461
Nelson . 5,337 4,615 9,952 6,706
Marlborough 1,503 796 2,299 4,032
Canterbury 8,939 7,101 16,040 18,929
Otago . 21,161 6,002 27,163 32,645
Southland (includ. Stewart's 1,139 737 1,876 4,806
Island)
Totals . 61,035 37,936 98,971 106,479


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