Otago Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 386

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✨ Census Results



CENSUS OF NEW ZEALAND, 1864.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 13th September, 1865.

The following Table, being a Summary of certain principal Results, corrected from the Enumerator’s Final Returns, is published for general information.

J. C. RICHMOND.

SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PRINCIPAL RESULTS, CORRECTED FROM THE ENUMERATOR’S FINAL RETURNS (DECEMBER, 1864.)

POPULATION. CULTIVATION AND CROPS.—No. OF ACRES. LIVE STOCK.
PROVINCES. Males. Females. Totals. Total Number of Acres Fenced. In Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. In Maize. In Potatoes. In Garden or Orchard. In Sown Grasses. In other Crops. Total under Crop. Horses. Mules and Asses. Cattle. Sheep. Goats. Pigs. Poultry.
Auckland 25,686 16,446 42,132 129,148 856 3,411 154 761 3,477 2,016 75,842 1,039 87,556 7,482 113 42,294 73,151 3,264 13,072 105,404
Taranaki 2,872 1,502 4,374 8,134 58 211 5 ... 293 161 9,006 35 9,769 737 ... 4,229 12,350 27 368 4,570
Wellington 8,342 6,645 14,987 127,350 764 1,720 116 15 665 1,024 90,287 825 95,416 7,356 90 49,200 411,502 1,016 13,073 42,064
Hawke’s Bay 2,457 1,313 3,770 65,671 229 663 63 22 222 320 19,861 500 21,880 2,780 9 14,552 537,094 1,501 2,176 11,682
Nelson 6,706 5,204 11,910 91,411 3,221 2,539 793 13 528 947 22,740 1,287 32,068 3,597 16 15,825 341,281 522 4,033 25,579
Marlborough 4,032 1,487 5,519 86,033 971 1,069 411 41 225 332 4,428 712 8,189 2,735 16 7,483 456,374 3,930 2,708 9,516
Canterbury 18,931 13,345 32,276 342,416 13,328 14,670 2,432 107 1,753 2,201 31,670 2,564 68,725 10,868 62 45,050 1,567,733 769 18,028 73,745
OTAGO 32,692 16,327 49,019 151,516 5,817 21,088 848 18 3,069 1,321 15,895 1,102 49,158 11,225 30 57,594 1,300,413 742 6,455 86,403
Southland 4,806 3,279 8,085 70,341 352 5,613 82 10 878 269 2,149 196 9,549 2,579 3 13,230 235,056 234 1,072 18,649
Chatham Islands 56 30 86 364 11 14 ... 1 55 15 246 3 345 50 ... 303 2,319 ... 291 802
General Totals (exclusive of the Military and other Families) 106,580 65,578 172,158 1,072,384 25,607 50,998 4,904 988 11,165 8,606 272,124 8,263 382,655 49,409 339 249,760 4,937,273 12,005 51,276 378,414

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.

JOHN B. BENNETT,

Registrar-General.



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🎓 Census of New Zealand, 1864

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
13 September 1865
Census, Population, Cultivation, Crops, Live Stock, Provinces
  • J. C. Richmond
  • John B. Bennett, Registrar-General