New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 78

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✨ Places of Worship Statistics



Oct. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1719

PLACES OF WORSHIP.—SUMMARY BY COUNTIES.

TABLE III.—Showing for [each County (with Interior Boroughs) the Number of Churches and Chapels, Schoolhouses, and other Buildings used for Public Worship by the different Religious Denominations in April, 1896; also the Number of Persons for whom there was Accommodation, and the Number usually attending.

Counties (with Interior Boroughs). Churches and Chapels. Schoolhouses used for Public Worship. Dwellings or Public Buildings used for Public Worship. Number of Persons
For whom Accommodation. Attending Services.
Mongonui 1 .. .. 100 50
Whangaroa 4 .. .. 510 250
Hokianga 1 2 .. 350 210
Bay of Islands 13 .. .. 1,830 995
Hobson .. 7 1 1 1,360 685
Whangarei 16 4 6 3,490 1,680
Otamatea 11 2 2 1,630 579
Rodney .. 12 1 2 1,755 903
Waitemata 26 2 2 4,390 1,993
Eden .. 74 4 8 29,501 18,138
Manukau 65 31 12 10,471 6,213
Coromandel 6 7 6 2,260 1,221
Thames .. 12 3 2 4,925 3,535
Ohinemuri 5 3 3 1,420 865
Piako .. 6 3 2 1,200 615
Waikato .. 10 5 3 2,166 1,070
Waipa .. 23 10 2 3,890 2,155
Raglan .. 4 5 1 740 360
Rotorua .. 2 .. .. 240 110
Tauranga 8 5 7 1,805 980
Whakatane 7 .. .. 795 605
Waiapu .. 8 .. .. 640 516
Cook .. 8 10 2 2,636 1,542
Taranaki .. 35 5 3 7,150 4,131
Stratford .. 10 .. 5 2,110 1,115
Hawera .. 14 .. 5 2,873 1,477
Patea .. 11 .. 3 2,180 1,450
Waitotara 12 .. 2 4,420 3,280
Wanganui 6 .. .. 920 265
Rangitikei 20 3 9 3,897 2,100
Kiwitea .. 3 .. 1 550 270
Oroua .. 25 2 1 6,220 4,210
Pohangina 2 .. .. 150 80
Manawatu 15 .. 1 2,212 1,115
Horowhenua 16 .. 1 1,925 1,170
Hawke’s Bay. 38 4 10 10,097 6,759
Wairoa .. 4 2 .. 535 400
Waipawa 31 13 2 5,764 3,711
Patangata 10 1 1 1,130 615
Pahiatua .. 8 6 .. 1,525 890
Wairarapa North .. 9 2 .. 1,875 1,460
Wairarapa South .. 22 3 3 3,925 2,059
Hutt .. 63 6 8 20,561 14,279
Marlborough 22 1 2 4,049 2,887
Kaikoura 6 .. .. 760 474
Collingwood 6 7 .. 950 510
Waimea .. 53 16 5 10,373 6,467
Buller .. 12 .. 3 2,985 1,515
Inangahua 9 3 2 1,795 1,080
Amuri .. 3 .. .. 240 79
Cheviot .. 1 4 .. 270 125
Grey .. 25 4 2 4,565 3,000
Westland 26 3 1 4,740 2,746
Ashley .. 52 4 2 8,240 5,585
Selwyn .. 130 7 3 33,635 22,712
Akaroa .. 16 6 .. 2,340 1,290
Ashburton 29 26 6 7,054 4,963
Geraldine 33 6 3 8,385 5,960
Levels .. 2 1 .. 310 200
Mackenzie 6 5 .. 1,020 570
Waimate .. 9 6 1 1,900 1,335
Waitaki .. 24 13 1 7,941 4,652
Waihemo.. 3 6 .. 1,250 690
Waikouaiti 33 3 1 6,059 3,347
Peninsula 9 3 .. 1,360 870
Taieri .. 62 5 9 26,377 18,211
Bruce .. 9 .. .. 2,240 1,480
Tuapeka .. 19 14 4 4,513 2,587
Clutha .. 21 .. 1 3,645 1,586
Maniototo 8 10 .. 1,810 1,395
Vincent .. 12 11 1 2,260 1,220
Lake .. 9 3 2 1,380 995
Southland 77 38 20 19,680 12,364
Wallace .. 20 16 5 4,100 2,635
Stewart Island 2 .. .. 160 95
Totals, 1896 1,431 366 190 334,509 209,731
Totals, 1891 1,197 241 161 278,114 177,055


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