NELSON.

New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume IV, Issue 315, 13 January 1844, Page 3

NELSON.

POPULATION and' STATISTICS of ' the SETTLEMENT of NELSON, TAKEN IN THE LAST "WEEK OF OdORER, 1843.

Amongst the above there are — > Married' couples 617 Single men above the age of 19. . 196 - Single women above the age of 15 130 Widowers 23 , Widows 24 PROFESSIONS. Farmers large and small ...... 83 Cottiers (not satisfactorily obained.) Farm labourers & servants (male) 323 Domestic servants (ma1e) ...... 2 " " (female) .... 81 - Lawyers' , 7 Medical practioners '. . . 7 j Clergymen and priests 4 Other professions '. .... '• 71 Merchants andtraders ...:.... 16 ' Storekeepers, innkeepers, and tradesmen, viz., bakers, butchers, tailors', &c., &c. .' 132 •Artizansj 'vizkjearpenters, bricklayers, smiffis', millwrights, &c. 272 BIRTHSFROM JANUARY 1, 1842,.T0 NOVEMBER 1, 1843. 102 males, 109 females; total 211. Of these 1 (female) was illegitimate, 4 were still born, and 6 wersf, twins. > ' This return has reference to the existing population only: a proportionate number of births occurred among those who have left the ' settlement. • ■ • • ' In Great Britain, for 15 females 16 males are born, but 'the motality of male infants is greater than that of females, anfl : , on an average, one child in 22 is still born. DEATHS FROM JANUARY 1, 1842, TO NOVEM- ,' • \ bi^'i; T843; !- 20 males, '^females;' total 67.. Of whom tyro were dying when landed and several hopelessly ill. Two, (infants) died without medical ; two' f adults were killed by accident ; four infants,; whp were premature ; 'and of the whole a great majority were, under the age, of ( sev.en years.', ,j i ■,

* The nutaber of afjofigines.and JttaUr-cnstes has not yet been satisfactorily obtained/ r '

The above does not include i six persons drowned, nor-the 22 killed at the Wairau. Above five-sixths of the deaths from disease occurred in 18421 Eoc the information of. the general reader, we subjoin sonic facts- relative' to the rate of mortality* in Europe: — 'Of every 100 children, bom in England from 25 to 30 die before they attain the age of one year. . Out <of every 1000 males, from birth to five years, 53| die annually. Out of 1000 females, from birth to the age of five years, die 46 annually. Number of deaths which occur annually out of 1000 persons: —

It is unnecessary to extend the table further, as so small a portion of our population exceeds this age. In the absence of complete parish registers, considerable difficulty has been experienced in ascertaining the number of deaths that have occurred since the beginning of the present year ; but we believe we may safely state them to be under 12. Now, as the* population at the commencement of the year was about 2700, and is at present say 3000; the mean for the period in question is therefore above 2800, which, divided by 12, the number of deaths, gives a xate of mortality of 1 in 233* being incomparably below that of any place on the globe- to which the writer's information extends. In Russia the annual mortality is 1 in 27, in Prussia 1 in 36, in France 1 in 40, in Holland 1 in 38, in Belgium 1 in 43, in England 1 in 44, in Sicily 1 in 32, in Greece 1 in 30, in Batavia 1 in 25, in Iceland 1 in 30, of the whole population ; whilst here, in the first ten mouths of the present year, it is less than I in 200. We propose returning, at the close of the present year, to the subject of vital statistics, when.we hope to be able to demonstrate, by the incontrovertible evidence of figures (arithmetical,) that the mortality amongst infants here is less than in any recorded place on the habitable globe. RELIGION. Church of England 1515 Roman Catholics 189 Christians of other denominations 1200 Tews 3 Religion not ascertained ..... p 35 education. Males Females Total Children at day schools 157 164 321 The number receiving instruction at Sunday schools and at home has not been clearly ascertained, but is supposed to be considerable. LIVE STOCK. Horses 50 Grazing catile 436 Working oxen 121 Sheep 1130 Goats 117 Swine 1152 Heads of poultry . 2202 Large accessions to the present amount of stock may be shortly looked for. LAND SURVEYED. Acr.es. Wood 45200 ' Fern 107850 Grass 22400 T0ta1.... 175450 QUANTITY OF LAND UNDER CUTIVATION. Acres. Farmland 540 Gardens .... 133 T0ta1.... 673 Additional quantity cleared tut not 1 cropped ,50 As the process of cultivation is going on vigorously, it is probable .that the whole extent in tillage at the close of the present season will considerably exceed the above. Length of road made (exclusive of streets) fifty miles.

NUMBER OF BUIXDINGS, THEIR VALUE AND THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDERS.

i 'There are in the Army, T - 51,599, Eriglislj•menr—4l,2lß*. Irishmen — 15,232 Scotsmen. -" - ' -

\_From a Correspondent.} WHITE POPULATION. * n the Town of Nelson 948 857 Country 640 497 1805 1137 Total .... 1488 1354 2942 if whom there are — Under 6 years From 6 to 14 14 to 21 21 to 30 80 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 Above . . 60 297 317 331 337 116 16 1 285 582 280 607 305 636 361 598 68 184 8 24 1 2 Total .. 2842

Age. , Sweden. Under 5' 85 rom 5 to 10 13J 10 to 15 6 15 to 20 5 20 to 30 9 SO to 40 11$ 40 to 50 15 Belgium. 66 9 5J 5i 9 10 13} Wales 50 6i Si 7k 10 12 15,

I - : " • • .Town. Country. I Total. Brick, wooden, and mud houiei with brick chimnies Raupo and toitoi worries' Whawhouseli and shops not included in the above Workshops, barns, fee. : Mills of various descriptions ... Publio buildings ..; - — L 413 39 191 76 604 115 ' 13 V 15 8 17 3 0 21 24 • 3' 15 > "'£•■'»: 24,674 p '6,50510 Estimated cost of habitations...' , " " other buildings Number of householders ■. 19,864 4,790 £ s. 4,U10 0 1,715 10 • . .439' 264 I 70S i-y-Nelson Examiner. ■