CENSUS RETURNS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12509, 23 May 1906, Page 8

CENSUS RETURNS.

The following ndditional cenens returns ero reported :— 1006. i Population Increase. City of Dunedib .. 36.0C8 560 Maori Hill .. 1.887 337 Morninttton .. 4148 HO N.B. Valley .. -1379 852 Koelyn .. ' .. 5.437 807 St. "KiHa. .. .. 2.550 860 West Harbour .. 1.514 49 Anderson's Bay .. I,COO • — MARKED INCREASE IN "WELLINGTON'S POPULATION. (SPECIAL TO "TIHS TRESS.") WELLINGTON, May 22. Tho consul returns show Jin unexpectedly li\r{:i» increase ill the population of Wellington, the increase sinco 1806, or ten years ago, being no lots than 31,111. *In 1890 tho population wae 37.41.1. In 1901 it was 43.(538, end now it is 58,552. Sinoo the last census tho borough of Mehwe ba« br«n included in the city. In 1901 thjvt borough had a population of only 2990, «> that ♦ho city increase i* a renwirkablo (vie, apart from tho extortion of boundaries. It the wilrtirb** of Onslow, Karori, Mj-a- ;- tnap, Eas't.l)ournp, Peton«, and Loner Hutt ivero the population of Wollinßton would ho 73,361. Tlio pc«ptt!ution of Auckland, according to tho recent cci.on*. Ie 37,624. In 1901 it was 34/213, an increase of 3411. THE MAORI CENSUS. The Jlacri ci s n-u6 nover been roRardcd as reiiabh l . onJ an nuthcrity informs that th:« roar's census will abo Ikj unieliablc. Some of the e"iuineratorp, he pays, can bo dej-ei-.dc'd ur*>n, but other*? cannot, nml they obiain tht> nßures from out-of-the-way "pap ,, in :i vory tverfunctovy manor. A "Nctv Zealand Timefi' , r pro eiititire, ■who has been up the Wnnganui rivor, Htfltow xhat dozens of Maoris within t.lio last few have given humorous conpiis returns to ine unfortui'iate ennnwra-tors. In sonic "pas" overy ar>z and cat has Wen inventoried by nanio and fige a , a hitman brirs. ar.d Wo!!. of dopart^ - ! epirits loft in Htnvaiki liaw been rwalled to t'lo p*>piilation of 1906 A.n.