Otago Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 369

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✨ Population and Livestock Statistics



CORRECTION.

The following Table is republished from last week’s Provincial Gazette, in consequence of a typographical error having occurred in the numbers printed as the population of Otago, the figures being—females, 16,262, instead of 16,926; and the total, 48,907, instead of 41,907.

No. I.

SUMMARY of the Population of New Zealand (of European descent), and of the Cultivation and Crops, and the Live Stock, in the possession of such Population, as ascertained by a Census taken in December, 1864.

PROVINCES. POPULATION. CULTIVATION AND CROPS—No. of Acres. LIVE STOCK.
Males. Females. Totals.
------------------ -------- ---------- ---------
Auckland ... 25,686 16,446 42,132
Taranaki ... 2,872 1,502 4,374
Wellington ... 8,342 6,645 14,987
Hawke’s Bay ... 2,401 1,306 3,770
Nelson ... 6,706 5,504 11,910
Marlborough ... 4,039 1,487 5,519
Canterbury ... 18,920 13,318 32,247
Otago ... 32,045 16,262 48,907
Southland ... 4,806 3,279 8,085
Gen. Totals
(exclusive of
the Military
and their
Families.) 106,470 65,452 171,931

The numbers of the Military and their families on the 1st of December, were—Officers and men, 9,136; male children, 933; total males, 10,069. Women, 1,024; female children, 880; total females, 1,904. Total of the Military and their families, 11,973; making the general total of the European population 183,904, viz., 116,548 males, and 67,356 females.

The numbers of Military Settlers and the Colonial Defence Force, included in the above table, were, in the aggregate, 6,382, viz., 5,139 males, and 1,243 females. Their distribution in the several Provinces of the Northern Island on the Census night, was:—Auckland, Males, 4,035; females, 1,089; total, 5,124. Taranaki: Males, 969; females, 118; total, 1,087. Wellington: Males, 35; females, 14; total, 49. Hawke’s Bay: Males, 100; females, 22; total, 122. Further information will be found in the next table (No. II.)

No return for the Chatham Islands has yet been received. The European population in 1861 was 50, viz., 27 males and 23 females.



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