New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 4

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✨ Religious Census Data

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Census of New Zealand, 1886.—Religions of the People.

THE following table, showing the results of the census of last year as to religions of the people, is published for general information.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 11th January, 1887.

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

RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.

TABLE showing the Number of Persons (exclusive of Maoris) belonging to the different Religious Denominations in New Zealand, according to the Census of March, 1886, compared with the Results of the Census of 1881.

Religious Denomination.

Total Population

Episcopalians,—
Church of England—Episcopalians
Protestants (undescribed)

Presbyterians,—
Church of Scotland, Free Church of Scotland, Free Presbyterians, Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland, and Presbyterians otherwise defined
Reformed Presbyterians

Methodists,—
Wesleyan Methodists
Methodists undefined
Primitive Methodists
United Methodist Free Churches, Free Methodists, United Methodists
Bible Christians
Others

Baptists
Congregational Independents
Lutheran, German Protestants
Unitarians
Society of Friends
Catholic Apostolic

Other Protestants,—
Church of Christ (including Christian, Church of Christ, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ, Disciples)
Brethren (including Christian Brethren, Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren, Plymouth Brethren)
Evangelists (including Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians, Evangelical Brethren)
Nonconformists
Dissenters
Salvation Army
Christadelphians
Swedenborgians (including New Church, New Jerusalem Church)
Christian Israelites, Israelites
Other Protestants (variously returned)

Catholics,—
Roman Catholics
Catholics (undefined)
Greek Church

Other Sects,—
Jews
Mormons, Latter-day Saints
Spiritualists
Buddhists, Pagans, Confucians
Others

No Denomination,—
Freethinkers
Agnostic
Deists, Theists
Doubtful
No Denomination (variously returned)

No Religion,—
Secularists
Atheists
Materialists
No Religion (variously returned)

Unspecified
Object to state

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1887, No 4

The Old Government Buildings (depicted) were completed in 1876 and initially housed the entire Wellington-based civil service as well as the entire New Zealand Cabinet. The Executive Council met there until 1948.

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🏥 Census of New Zealand 1886 - Religions of the People

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated11 January 1887
KeywordsCensus, Religion, Population, 1886, Denominations, Statistics
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Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General

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