New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 15

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✨ Census statistics on places of worship

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Census, 1906.—Places of Worship.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 8th February, 1907.

THE following tables (I to V), showing the results of the Census taken in April, 1906, in respect of places of worship, libraries, &c., are published for general information:

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

PLACES OF WORSHIP OF VARIOUS RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.

TABLE I.—Showing the Number of Churches and Chapels, Schoolhouses, and other Buildings used for Public Worship by the different Religious Denominations in April, 1906; also the Number of Persons for whom there was Accommodation, and the Number usually attending (according to Returns furnished under the Census Act).

Denominations.*	Churches and Chapels.	Schoolhouses used for Public Worship.	Dwellings or Public Buildings used for Public Worship.	Number of Persons For whom Accommodation.	Attending Service.
Church of England	516	72	35	85,185	49,946
Presbyterian	382	147	56	80,558	52,103
Roman Catholic	290	6	12	65,565	41,512
Catholic Apostolic	5	..	..	520	235
Methodists—
Methodist Church of Australasia	322	43	30	59,234	34,623
Primitive Methodist	62	8	..	11,906	6,490
Free Methodist	2	..	..	570	315
Other Denominations—
Baptist	46	..	3	12,706	7,034
Congregational	22	..	..	6,691	4,065
Christian Brethren	50	2	2	8,250	3,066
Plymouth Brethren	19	3	..	2,690	1,248
Church of Christ	32	1	3	7,510	3,661
Lutheran	14	..	..	1,690	743
Society of Friends	1	..	..	60	15
Christadelphian	2	4	..	735	120
Seventh-day Adventists	11	..	..	1,860	447
Gospel Mission..	1	..	..	500	100
Church of Our Father	..	..	2	350	140
Unitarian	1	..	..	240	180
Salvation Army	73	..	2	20,095	10,213
Hebrew	5	..	..	1,240	530
Spiritualists	..	..	4	820	510
Theosophists	..	..	1	100	48
Confucian	1	..	..	50	50
No denomination†	15	16	18	6,783	2,869
Totals	1,872	302	168	375,908	220,263

For numbers of adherents see Gazettes Nos. 2 and 4, pp. 58-9 and 171-2. † These represent buildings which are used by more than one denomination.

NOTE.—As stated above, the figures in this and the two succeeding tables give the results according to the returns furnished to the Registrar-General. The attendance at service and other details may be made up in different ways by the several denominations, but the general view of the position is probably useful information, and the Census Act requires its publication.

PLACES OF WORSHIP.—SUMMARY BY PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS.

TABLE II.—Showing for each Provincial District the Number of Churches and Chapels, Schoolhouses, and other Buildings used for Public Worship in April 1906; also the Number of Persons for whom there was Accommodation, and the Number usually attending (according to Returns furnished under the Census Act).

Provincial Districts.	Churches and Chapels.	Schoolhouses used for Public Worship.	Dwellings or Public Buildings used for Public Worship.	Number of Persons For whom Accommodation.	Attending Service.
Auckland	446	63	43	89,061	50,202
Taranaki..	122	12	10	18,391	10,936
Hawke’s Bay	88	14	5	17,591	10,323
Wellington	294	38	35	61,973	36,366
Marlborough	34	6	3	6,170	3,574
Nelson ..	98	28	12	17,615	10,014
Westland	54	6	1	9,840	5,039
Canterbury	332	55	21	69,453	42,661
Otago (exclusive of Southland portion)	281	51	21	59,720	35,123
" Southland portion ..	122	29	17	26,049	15,990
Chatham Islands ..	1	..	..	45	35
Totals	1,872	302	168	375,908	220,263

See note to Table I.

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