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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND, 1871.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1871.

THE following Table, showing approximately the Numbers of the Population of the Colony, (exclusive of
Aboriginal Natives,) as ascertained by a Census taken for the night of the 27th of February, 1871,--
including a Comparison with the Numbers ascertained by the Census of December, 1867, -is published for
general information. It is a Summary of more detailed information for the several Divisions of the Colony
which has already appeared in the Gazette from time to time, as received from the respective Enumerators.
It is to be understood that the figures are subject to future revision, but it is not probable that this will
lead to any alteration of practical importance.

JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General.

POPULATION.
INCREASE OR DECREASE IN 1871.

• PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND

  • February, 1871: Males 35,502, Females 26,833, Totals 62,335. Increase: Males 8,439, Females 5,575, Totals 14,014.
  • December, 1867: Males 27,063, Females 21,258, Totals 48,321. Percentages: or31.18 per ct. or26.22 per ct. or 29.00 per ct.

• PROVINCE OF TARANAKI

  • February, 1871: Males 2,572, Females 1,908, Totals 4,480. Increase: Males 44, Females 77, Totals 121.
  • December, 1867: Males 2,528, Females 1,831, Totals 4,359. Percentages: or1.74 per ct. or4.20 per ct. or 2.77 per ct.

• PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON

  • February, 1871: Males 13,165, Females 10,817, Totals 23,982. Increase: Males 764, Females 1,268, Totals 2,032.
  • December, 1867: Males 12,401, Females 9,549, Totals 21,950. Percentages: or6.16 per ct. or 13.27 per ct. or 9.25 per ct.

• PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY

  • February, 1871: Males 3,596, Females 2,463, Totals 6,059. Increase: Males 399, Females 377, Totals 776.
  • December, 1867: Males 3,197, Females 2,086, Totals 5,283. Percentages: or12.48 per ct. or 18:07 per ct. or 14.68 per ct.

• PROVINCE OF NELSON

  • February, 1871: Males 14,213, Females 8,225, Totals 22,438. Decrease: Males der. 2,212, Females 836, Totals der. 1,376.
  • December, 1867: Males 16,425, Females 7,389, Totals 23,814. Percentages: or13.46 per ct. or 11.31 per ct. or 5.77 per ct.

• PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH

  • February, 1871: Males 3,235, Females 2,000, Totals 5,235. Increase: Males 499, Females 365, Totals 864.
  • December, 1867: Males 2,736, Females 1,635, Totals 4,371. Percentages: or18.23 per ct. or 22.32 per ct. or 19.76 per ct.

• PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY

  • February, 1871: Males 25,781, Females 21,320, Totals 46,801. Increase: Males 4,575, Females 3,893, Totals 8,468.
  • December, 1867: Males 21,206, Females 17,127, Totals 38,333. Percentages: or21.57 per ct. or 22.73 per ct. or 22.09 per ct.

• COUNTY OF WESTLAND

  • February, 1871: Males 10,453, Females 4,904, Totals 15,357. Decrease: Males der. 1,424, Females 1,248, Totals der. 176.
  • December, 1867: Males 11,877, Females 3,656, Totals 15,533. Percentages: or 11.98 per ct. or 34.13 per ct. or1.13 per ct.

• PROVINCE OF OTAGO (as before Union with SOUTHLAND)

  • February, 1871: Males 36,685, Females 23,893, Totals 60,578. Increase: Males 6,912, Females 5,089, Totals 12,001.
  • December, 1867: Males 29,773, Females 18,804, Totals 48,577. Percentages: or23.21 per ct. or 27.06 per ct. or 24.70 per ct.

• PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND (as before Union with OTAGO)

  • February, 1871: Males 4,920, Females 3,849, Totals 8,769. Increase: Males 320, Females 506, Totals 826.
  • December, 1867: Males 4,600, Females 3,343, Totals 7,943. Percentages: or6.95 per ct. or 15.13 per ct. or 10.39 per ct.

• CHATHAM ISLANDS

  • February, 1871: Males 89, Females 44, Totals 133. Decrease: Males der. 34, Females der. 17, Totals der. 51.
  • December, 1867: Males 123, Females 61, Totals 184. Percentages: or 27.64 per ct. or 27.86 per ct. or 27.71 per ct.

TOTALS FOR THE COLONY

• February, 1871: Males 150,211, Females 105,956, Totals 256,167. Increase: Males 18,282, Females 19,217, Totals 37,499.
• December, 1867: Males 131,929, Females 86,739, Totals 218,668. Percentages: or 13.85 per ct. or 22.15 per ct. or 17.14 per ct.

[In every case in which there was a Decrease, it has been marked "der." in the above Table.]

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.