New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 61

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 61]

Census of New Zealand, April, 1881.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1881.

THE following Return, showing the Population of the Electoral Districts of the Colony of New Zealand, according to the Census of the 3rd April last, is published for general information. The numbers given are taken from returns supplied by the different Enumerators, and are subject to revision, but they may be accepted as a close approximation to the exact numbers now being made up in this office.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Electoral Districts. Total Population (other than Maoris). Half-castes (included in the foregoing Numbers) not living as Members of a Native Tribe. Chinese (included previously).
Males. Females. Total.
Mongonui and Bay of Islands 2,635 1,811 4,446
On shipboard 92 ... 93
Marsden 4,054 2,866 6,920
On shipboard 87 ... 87
Rodney 2,024 1,581 3,605
On shipboard 11 ... 11
Waitemata 2,412 1,796 4,208
On shipboard 12 ... 12
Auckland City East 2,700 2,474 5,174
Auckland City West 5,968 5,533 11,501
On shipboard 803 56 859
Parnell 2,874 3,105 5,979
Newton 4,361 4,520 8,881
Eden 3,272 2,970 6,242
Town of Onehunga 1,032 1,157 2,189
On shipboard 37 ... 38
Franklin 5,583 4,956 10,539
On shipboard 2,864 1,910 4,774
Waipa 2,572 2,142 4,714
On shipboard 6,734 5,319 12,053
Thames 54 ... 54
East Coast 4,110 3,094 7,204
On shipboard 61 1 62
Town of New Plymouth 1,682 1,644 3,326
Grey and Bell 2,759 2,333 5,092
On shipboard 43 20 63
Egmont 4,040 2,327 6,367
On shipboard 4 ... 4
Wanganui 4,881 4,340 9,221
On shipboard 67 ... 70
Rangitikei 2,217 1,779 3,996
Manawatu 4,967 3,895 8,862
On shipboard 4 ... 4
Wellington Country 2,232 1,994 4,226
Wellington City 10,224 10,311 20,535
On shipboard 221 16 237
Hutt 1,972 1,661 3,633
Wairarapa 5,979 4,591 10,570
Clive 4,412 3,252 7,664
Napier 5,684 4,387 9,471
On shipboard 196 23 219
Suburbs of Nelson 1,301 1,259 2,560
On shipboard 4 ... 4
City of Nelson 3,257 3,506 6,763
On shipboard 39 ... 39
Waimea 1,650 1,189 2,839
Motueka 1,388 1,293 2,681
Collingwood 929 716 1,645
Buller 2,255 1,451 3,706
On shipboard 76 10 86
Grey Valley 6,291 3,489 9,780
On shipboard 89 2 91
Hokitika 4,640 3,259 7,899
On shipboard 16 1 17
Totara 1,513 841 2,354
Picton 2,057 1,626 3,683
On shipboard 22 ... 22
Wairau 2,493 1,988 4,481
On shipboard 13 ... 13
Cheviot 1,608 841 2,449
Ashley 3,815 3,228 7,043
Kaiapoi 3,620 3,276 6,896
Avon 2,925 2,663 5,588
Heathcote 6,100 5,531 11,631
Christchurch City 15,452 15,267 30,719
Lyttelton 2,204 1,923 4,127
On shipboard 243 4 247
Akaroa 2,370 1,968 4,338
Selwyn 3,414 2,782 6,196


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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
21 July 1881
Census 1881, Population statistics, Electoral Districts, Enumerators, Registrar-General
  • WM. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General