OLD WAIRARAPA. .

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1280, 8 November 1911, Page 10

OLD WAIRARAPA. .

TnE CENSUS'OF G4 YEARS AGO. Inhabitants of the flourishing Wairarapa of to-day will doubtless bo interested in an ancient document which' has been placed at our disposal by a well-known Wairarapa resident. The document is a census return of the population of the district 61 years ago and it runs as under :— "Ahiaruke and .Parumuokaka.—Station proprietors, Tillin and Northwooa; men employed 7, women 2. children 1; horses, 4; cattle, 9; sheep, 2750; average cultivation, 5 acres; rent to Natives, £48. Huangaroa.—Captain Smith; men 8, women 2, children 8; horses, 4; cattle, 90; sheep, 2000; cultivation, 5 acres; rent £21. Hakeke.—Mr. Morrison; men 2, women J; horses, nil; cattio, 100; sheep, nil; cultivation, 1 acre; rent. £10. Kopuugara.—C. 11. Bidwill; men 4, women nil, children nil; horses, 40; cattle, 195; sheep, 420; cultivation, 4 acres; rent, £32. Warckaka.—Clifford and Weld; men 7, women nil, children nil; horses, 2; cattle, 13; sheep, 3200; cultivation, 4 acres; rent, £36. . Otaiioa.—Gillies; men 7, women 2, children 3; horses, 3; cattle, CO; sheep, nil; cultivation, nil; rent, £12. Tuhitarata.—M'Masters; men 2, women 3, children I,.horses 4; cattle, 120; sheep, nil; cultivation, 1 acre; rent, £12. Tauanui.— AKom; men 2, women and children, nil; horses, 1; cattle, 180; sheep, 274; cultivation, 1 acre; rent, £25. Taurangamii North.—Kelly; men 4, women and children, nil; caii'le, 00; sheep, nil; cultivation, nil; rent, £12. T.iuranganui South.—Williamson and Drummond; men 4. women 1, children nil; horses, 5; cattle, 370; sheep, nil; cultivation, 3 acres; rent, £12. Whang,imoana.—'Russoll and Wilson; men 3, women and children nil; horses, 3; cattle, 2;. sheep, 1000; cultivation, 2 acres; rent', £12. Waioranga.—Fitzgerald and Pharazyn; men 2, women 2. children 4; horses, nil; cattle. 12; sheep, 9GG; cultivation, nil; ! rent, £12. Kawa. Kawa.—.l. P. Russel; men 2, women and children nil; horses, nil; cattle, 62;_ sheep, SO; cultivation, nil; rent, £24. Kiriwai.—Cameron; men 2, women and cmldren, nil; horses nil; cattle, G2; sheep, nil; cultivation, nil; rent, £24. Mangonia East. —Barton; men 3, women and children, nil; horses, nil; cattle, 30; sheep. 1(100; cultivation, nil; rent £°4 This makes in all (in 1817) 51) men, 'u 7°!W n . ,19 children.. .73 horses, 23G5 cattle, 11,-91 sheep, 2(i acres under cultivation, rent £325, and only 15 stations.