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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
CENSUS OF NEW ZEALAND, — MARCH, 1874.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1874.

THE following Tables, showing the Numbers of the Population (exclusive of Aboriginal Natives)
in the Provinces of Taranaki, Wellington, and Canterbury, as ascertained by a Census
taken for the night of the 1st March, 1874, are published for general information. The figures, it is to
be understood, are subject to subsequent revision, but it is not probable that this will lead to any
alteration of practical importance.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.

| Electoral Districts. | Population (including Half-castes). | Half-castes. | Number of Dwellings. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building. | Total. |
| Town of New Plymouth | 1,021 | 1,026 | 2,047 | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 445 | 43 | 3 | 491 |
| Grey and Bell | 996 | 813 | 1,809 | ... | 5 | 9 | 14 | 352 | 49 | 2 | 403 |
| Egmont | 1,034 | 593 | 1,627 | ... | 12 | 9 | 21 | 361 | 35 | 1 | 397 |
| Totals, 1874 | 3,051 | 2,432 | 5,483 | ... | 17 | 22 | 39 | 1,158 | 127 | 6 | 1,291 |
| Totals, 1871 | 2,572 | 1,908 | 4,480 | ... | 16 | 28 | 44 | 987 | ... | ... | ... |
| Increase | 479 | 524 | 1,003 | ... | 1 | 6 | 5 | 171 | ... | ... | ... |
| | or 18.62 | or 27.46 | or 22.37 | ... | Der. | Der. | | or 17.32 | | | |
| | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | ... | | | | per cent. | | | |

• The population of the Town of Wanganui (included in this Electoral District) was 2,577, viz., -1,321 Males and 1,256
  Females.

PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.

| Electoral Districts. | 1st March, 1874. | 27th February, 1871. | Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| City of Wellington | 5,515 | 5,162 | 10,677 | 4,052 | 3,856 | 7,908 | 1,463 | 1,306 | 2,769 |
| Hutt | 1,360 | 1,132 | 2,492 | 1,130 | 1,045 | 2,175 | 230 | 87 | 317 |
| Wairarapa | 2,704 | 1,900 | 4,604 | 2,027 | 1,543 | 3,570 | 677 | 357 | 1,034 |
| Wellington Country District | 1,543 | 1,359 | 2,902 | 1,412 | 1,217 | 2,629 | 131 | 142 | 273 |
| Manawatu | 1,067 | 733 | 1,800 | 652 | 350 | 1,002 | 415 | 383 | 798 |
| Rangitikei | 1,351 | 990 | 2,341 | 1,364 | 905 | 2,269 | Der. 13 | 85 | 72 |
| Wanganui (*) | 2,690 | 2,224 | 4,914 | 2,543 | 1,905 | 4,448 | 147 | 319 | 466 |
| Totals | 16,230 | 13,500 | 29,730 | 13,180 | 10,821 | 24,001 | 3,063 | 2,666 | 5,729 |
| | or 23.23 | or 24.63 | or 23.84 | | | | | | |
| | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | | | | | | |

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

| Electoral Districts. | 1st March, 1874. | 27th February, 1871. | Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| Akaroa | 1,708 | 1,429 | 3,137 | 1,497 | 1,225 | 2,722 | 211 | 204 | 415 |
| Cheviot (part of) | 193 | 104 | 297 | 242 | 104 | 346 | Der. 49 | Der. 49 | ... |
| Ashley | 2,413 | 1,867 | 4,280 | 2,070 | 1,620 | 3,690 | 343 | 247 | 590 |
| Selwyn | 2,227 | 1,655 | 3,882 | 2,295 | 1,366 | 3,661 | Der. 68 | 289 | 221 |
| Coleridge | 2,092 | 1,174 | 3,266 | 1,381 | 775 | 2,156 | 711 | 399 | 1,110 |
| Kaiapoi | 2,758 | 2,469 | 5,227 | 2,499 | 2,117 | 4,616 | 259 | 352 | 611 |
| Christchurch East | 4,010 | 3,746 | 7,756 | 2,912 | 2,785 | 5,697 | 1,098 | 961 | 2,050 |
| Christchurch West | 4,691 | 4,498 | 9,189 | 3,374 | 3,395 | 6,769 | 1,317 | 1,103 | 2,420 |
| Avon | 1,868 | 1,635 | 3,503 | 1,693 | 1,451 | 3,144 | 175 | 184 | 359 |
| Heathcote | 3,185 | 2,921 | 6,106 | 2,677 | 2,407 | 5,084 | 508 | 514 | 1,022 |
| Lyttelton... | 1,579 | 1,323 | 2,902 | 1,173 | 1,117 | 2,290 | 960 | 267 | 1,227 |
| Lyttelton, Shipping and Quarantine | 554 | 61 | 615 | 303 | 12 | 315 | 251 | 49 | 300 |
| Timaru | 3,324 | 2,633 | 5,957 | 2,416 | 1,914 | 4,330 | 941 | 728 | 1,669 |
| Timaru, Shipping | 33 | 9 | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Gladstone | 1,659 | 952 | 2,611 | 1,249 | 732 | 1,981 | 410 | 220 | 630 |
| Totals | 32,294 | 26,476 | 58,770 | 25,781 | 21,020 | 46,801 | 7,067 | 5,517 | 12,584 |
| | or 27.41 | or 26.24 | or 26.88 | | | | | | |
| | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | | | | | | |

The population of the Boroughs of Christchurch, Lyttelton, Kaiapoi, and Timaru, included in the above numbers, were
respectively as follows, viz.,—Christchurch, 10,282, viz. 5,334 males and 4,948 females; Lyttelton, 2,902, viz. 1,579 males and
1,323 females; Kaiapoi, 1,002, viz. 501 males and 501 females; Timaru, 2,011, viz. 1,097 males and 914 females.

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