STATISTICS OF NELSON, 1846.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 264, 27 March 1847, Page 14

STATISTICS OF NELSON, 1846.

[Taken by order of Government.] White Population. Town of Nelson ;— Males, female*. Total. Adults . . .271 276 547 Children . . . 282 271 553 Total in Town . 553 547 1,100 Rural Districts : — Adults . . . 485 . 363 848 Children . . . 486 419 905 i Total in Country . 971 782 1,753 Total White Population . . 2,85 a Births : — Town of Nelson .21 23 44 Rural Districts 30 35 65 Total Births . 51 58 109 Marriages 16 Deaths 23 Of the deaths five were accidental. Native Population. Males 329 Females . 258 Total Native Population . . . 587 Education. j No- Boy«. Girls. TotalJ 9 Day Schools . .162 140 302 11 Sunday Schools . . 242 228 470 20 Total . . 404 368 772 From the above gross total 157 must be deducted for children who attend both Day and Sunday Schools, so that the actual number receiving public education is 615, or nearly three, eighths of the youth of the settlement. Places of Worship. NoChurches 3 Methodist Chapels .... 2 Roman Catholic Chapel . .1 German Lutheran 1 Total Places of Worship . . 7 Another church is being built at Motueka, and Divine service is performed in a school-room ir Brook Street. Valley; also in several other schoo rooms by dissenting lay preachers. There arc Maori chapels at Motueka and Wakapuaka. Judicial. No Supreme Court : — Criminal cases . . . S : Civil cases . . . ] Total cases in Supreme Court .* . ; Court of Requests : — J Cases decided 23 Police Magistrate's Office : — Summary convictions . . . .16 Live Stock. Horned Cattle .... 1,591 Sheep . . . • . . 10,022 Horses 107 Goats 1,029 Pigs 2,866 I Head of Poultry . . . 5,934 The return of stock for 1845 stated the number of horned cattle to be 1,233, sheep 7,473, horses 82, goats 453, pigs 2409, poultry 4,160. The sheep imported during the year exceeded the number exported only by 100 ; allowing therefore ! 1,200 to have been slaughtered by the butcher, the natural increase will be something about 50 per cent on the whole of the sheep in the settlement. Occupation of Land. Owner*. Tenants. Squatten. Town of Nelson . 20 90 139 Rural Districts . 46 212 71 Total . . 66 302 210 Number of Buildings. Stone. Brick. Wood. Mud. Town of Nelson . — 35 122 86 Rural Districts . 3 13* 168 164 Total . 3 48 290 250 Gross Total Number of Buildings <? 591 * This must be a mistake, the number being nine lei* tha a that given in the return of the preceding year. Agriculture. i Acres. Land fenced 3,794 Land cultivated .... 3,375 Land cropped : — Wheat 1,371* Barley 9103 Oats 162* Potatoes 2414 Turnips 65$ Grasses 82j Tares 34 Other crops .... 138 Total under Crop . . . 2,975 This is independent of native crops, which a c of wheat 160 acres, potatoes 208, maize 30, oth :r crops 50 acres. The average of the crops at the time the returns were made, was supposed would be very light, n consequence of the unusually long period of d y weather we had experienced; thus wheat is giv< n at 20 bushels to the acre, barley 13, oats 20, aud and potatoes 2. The rain which fell in the middle of January, and at subsequent intervals, must have considerably affected all late crops, particularly potatoes, which now give promise of being abundant. Upwards of 700 acres of new land was brought under cultivation during the year, and the crop from this generally must hate been very light.

Manufactories, Mines, &c. jSaw Mill at Motueka, the property of the execu- ' tors of the late Captain Thorns, at present not worked. JDitto at Gleniti, the property of Mr. T. Baigent, 1 having one circular and six vertical saws. Ditto in Waimea West, having two frame saws, belonging to Messrs Rutherford and Muiphy. iDitto at Waimea West, the property of Mr. Hugh I Martin. JFlour Mill in Nelson, water power, one pair of stones, erected by shares. The quantity of j flour it turned out during the year was 205 ' tons. JDitto in Waimea South, water power, one pair of 1 stones, the propery of Mr. W. Herrick. Ditto, at Gleniti, water power, the property of Mr. Baigent. Tlax Mill and Rope Walk, in Suburban North, the property of Mr. M'Glashan. The quantity of flax produced is from thirty to forty tons. hope Walk, belonging to Mr. Gardiner. Five tons of flax worked up during the year. Malthouse and Brewery, the property of Messrs. Hooper and Co., at which 5,000 bushels of malt, and 800 hogsheads of ale, were made during the year. Ditto, the property of Mr. Smith. Eighty hogsheads of ale brewed. Brick Kiln, at which 110,000 bricks have been made during the year. In addition to this many have been made in the rural districts, on the spots where required. "lanyard and Curriery, the property of Mr. G. Lightband. Two Hand-looms for Woollen Cloths, the property of Mr. Blick, and Mr. Merser. Hand-loom, for Stockings, the property of Mr. Gibson. Two Hand-looms, for Sacking, from flax, the property of Messrs. Devaney. Coal Mine, at Massacre Bay. About eighty tons ; has been brought to Nelson during the year. Lime Kiln, in Suburban South. | There is excellent limestone also in Massacre > Bay, about thirty tons of which has been brought | to Nelson during the year. ( _^ i Vessels Built. I Tom. ! Sarah Berry . . . .11 Ocean Queen . . . 16 Mary Ann 27 j Phcenix 37 ! Employment of Population. Commerce 85 | Manufactures] 158 1 Agriculture 397 I Total Persons employed . . 640 , Revenue and Expenditure. j £ s. d. Expenditure . . . 1,409 7 0 ! Revenue .... 1,297 9 5 I Excess of Expenditure . dElll 17 7 The deficiency of revenue arose in the first two quarters of the year, as since then the revenue has | considerably exceeded the expenditure. Imports and Exports. ' £ *. d. j Value of Imports from Great Britain 4,680 17 0 , Ditto from the Colonies . . 5,139 0 4 j Total value of Imports . £9,819 17 4 ! Exports to Great Britain and the Colonies :— - Bark, 2 tons . . . . 5 0 0 Barley and Malt", 11,07 bushels 322 0 0 ; Beer, 6 casks . . . 18 0 0 Butter, 11 casks . . 23 0 0 I Flax, 5 tons and 266 bundles . 783 10 4) Hams, 1 cask . . . 25 0 0 ! Oil of Annis, 1 case . . 15 0 0 1 black, 1 cask . . . 2 0 0 ! Pork, 15 casks. . . 54 0 0 i Potatoes, 7 tons . . 21 0 0 Rope, 66 coils . . . 54 0 0 Seal skins, 1 cask . . . 2 0 0 Spars, 257 .... 120 0 0 Staves 11 10 0 Timber, 168,120 feet . . 497 0 0 Wool, 76 bales . . . 730 0 0 Value of our produce exported 2,629 0 0 Other goods . . . 395 5 0 Total value of Exports . £3,082 5 0 Nelson Produce exported Coastwise : — Ale and Porter, 196 hhs. Hams, 1 case Ditto, 16 cases bottled Oats, 94 bags Barley, 1 bag Peas, 23 bags Bread, 22 bags Pigs, 10 Bricks, 2,000 Potatoes, 19 tons Butter, 7 firkins Rope, 25 coils Cattle, 3 head Sheep, 50 Coals, 5 tons Sieves, 15 Curiosities, 1 case Snuff, 1 box Flax, 29 bales Timber, 34,500 feet Flour, 29| tons Vinegar, 5 barrels Grindstones, 8 Wool, 1 bale Hair, 2 bags Wheat, 100 bushels. As it is not customary to declare to the value of goods sent coastwise, neither the value of our own produce here given, nor the imported goods so shipped, which was considerable in quantity, can be ascertained. Vessels entered Inwards. Vessela. Ton». 71 7,014

Hobart Town Prices. — Wheat was quoted at Hobart Town, on the 22d of January, at from 3s. 6d. to 4s. per bushel ; . oats, 3s. 9d. to 45. : Cape barley, 4s. to 4s. 6d. ; English ditto, ss. 3d. to ss. 6d. ; hay, £2 10s. to £4 per ton ; flour, first quality, £10 per ton ; ditto, second ditto, £9 per ton. The Launceston prices were nearly the same ; there was but little doing, and no immediate prospect of an advance.