Otago Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 368

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✨ Population and Land Statistics

No. V.

COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Population (of European descent) in the several Provinces of New Zealand, in December, 1858, December, 1861, and December, 1864, with the Numerical and Centesimal Increase or Decrease in the period of Three Years 1858-61, and the Numerical and Centesimal Increase in the period of Three Years 1861-64.

Provinces	1858	1861	1864	Increase or Decrease in the Three Years 1858-61	Increase in the Three Years 1861-64
	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.
Auckland	10,218	7,659	17,877	18,177	14,949
Taranaki	1,414	1,236	2,650	1,169	875
Wellington	6,524	5,229	11,753	8,342	6,645
Hawke’s Bay	1,063	451	1,514	1,359	794
Nelson and Marlborough	5,203	4,069	9,272	6,840	5,411
Canterbury	5,301	3,666	8,967	8,939	7,101
Otago and Southland	3,904	3,091	6,995	6,739	4,762
(including Stewart’s Island)
Totals	33,627	25,701	59,328	51,563	40,543

No. VI.

TABLE showing the Quantity of Land (in Acres) in the possession of Europeans in the several Provinces of New Zealand, Fenced, and the Quantity under Crop, as ascertained by a Census taken in December, 1864.

Provinces	Total Number of Acres Fenced	Number of Acres
		In Wheat
		A. R. P.
Auckland	129,147 2 0	856 0 0
Taranaki	8,134 0 20	58 0 0
Wellington	127,350 1 3	764 0 0
Hawke’s Bay	65,671 0 0	228 3 0
Nelson	91,411 0 0	3221 2 0
Marlborough	86,032 3 0	970 2 0
Canterbury	842,416 2 2	14,672 1 20
Otago	149,698 2 20	5734 1 10
Southland	70,341 1 10	352 0 0

| Totals | 1,070,203 0 15 | 25,518 0 20 | 50,719 2 20 | 4890 1 10 | 4976 1 20 | 11,099 2 2 | 8,564 2 15 | 271,610 0 23 | 8,153 1 3 | 381,526 3 13 |

VUW Te Waharoa — Otago Provincial Gazette 1865, No 368

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🎓 Population Increase in Provinces, 1861-1864 (continued from previous page)

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🗺️ Land Possession and Usage by Europeans in Provinces, 1864

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsLand, Fenced Land, Crops, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Maize, Potatoes, Garden, Orchard, Sown Grasses

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