GENSUS OF NELSON FOR 1867.
rp s? followin.s tables, stowing the Copulation of electoral Districts of the Province are compiled from the Census Keturns ♦ien IK Deceiober last. It will be observed pat the population of the city has increased by jOO. being an advance of one-fourth on the population of ISG4, and tbat the population of {he whole Province has exactly doubled during the three years :— Males. Females. Total. City of Nelson 2995 2657 5652 Suburbs of Nelson -}54, 375 829 W'aimca Districts 1405 1252 2657 ■ jlotueka Districts 1330 1121 2-151 ' CoK'«S' n ' o0 < i do. 602 37R 973 imuri 523 63 600 Westland North 9116 1491 10,015 Total population ... ... 23,814 The Census or the Otago Pbovince.— The census returns for Otago show a decrease in as compared witli IS6-1, of 529, which is Terr small, considering the great numbers of miners who, during the last three years, have flocked from the Otago diggings to the West Coast Gold-fields. There is a decrease of 2873 males, and an increase of 2334 females, the difference showing the net decrease as given above. Of course the removal of so many males is a srreat loss to the producing capacity of the province. The following figures show Otago's population for the two periods : — Males Females Total. December 31, 1861 32,A92 16,327 49,019 December 31, 18b7 29,819 15.661 45.450 Increase ... 2334 Decrease 2573 . 639 —Hid.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1363, 30 March 1868, Page 5
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232GENSUS OF NELSON FOR 1867. New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1363, 30 March 1868, Page 5
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