POPULATION RETURNS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6099, 4 June 1881, Page 5

POPULATION RETURNS.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Welusgtos, Friday. The following is an approximate of the population (exclusive of Maoris) in the various electoral districts in the colony at the census of ISSI. fWe give the census of 1878 for the purpose of comparison] :— PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

1878. 18SJ. Inc. Dec. Mangonuiand B. of ■ : Islands .. .. 3,132 4,478 1,340 — Mnrsden .. .. 5,057 0.59S 1,541 — Rodney.. .. .. 3,352 4,081 720 — Waitemata . .. 3,424 3,073 449 City of Auckland East 4.2G2 5,100 S3S — City of Auckland West 9,406 11,405 1,909 — Pamell 4,(iO4 0,039 1,369 — Newton 0,845 8,874 2,029 — Onehunga .. .. 2,043 2,180 137 — Eden .. .. .. 5,185 0,083 1.74S — Franklin .. .. 9,417 10,0.9 032 — Thames 12,319 12,072 — S48 East Coast .. .. 5,317 7,322 2,005 — Waipa 4,125 4,762 637 — WaikatO .. .. 3,099 4,771 1,072 — . Total Provl. Dist. 81,7.13 9S.169 10.43G 248 TARANAKr. 187SV 1881. Inc. Dec. Town of N. Plymouth 2,GSII 3,326 040 — Grey and Bell .. .. 3.S0U 4,941. 1,133 — Egmont 2,902 0,372 3,410 — Total TaranakI .. 9,450 14,639 5,189 — WELLINGTON. 1S7S. 1881. Inc. Dec. Wanganui .. .. 7,215 . 9.227 2,012 — Rangitikei .. .. 3,090 4,631 341 —. Manawatu .. .. 5,730 8,820 3,096 — City of Wellington .. 18,953 20,535 1,682 — Wellington country district ,. .. 3,007 4,227 020 — Hutt .. .. ..3,410 3,033 223 — Wairarapa .. .. 8,20" .10,570 2,307 — Total Wellington ..50,808 01,WO 10,181 — NAP1EK. 1W8. 1881. Inc. Dec Clive ... .'.- .. 6,508 7,094 1,186 — Napier .. 8,370. 0,353 077 — ■ Total.. .. .. 14.8S4 17,027 2,163 — Total North Island . .150,035 190,834 33,049 — Shipping, about . . — 1,577 — — , Grand total for North Island .-.■■ — 192,461 — — ■ . ; , ■ SOUTH ISLAND. : ■ 1878. 1881. Inc. Dec. Picton .. .. ..'3.0U9. 3,685 070 — iWairau.. .. .. 3,678 4,481 803 — Sub. of Nelson .. 2,000 2,501 555; — Nelson City .. ..6,004 O,7«3 159 — IWaimea .. .. 2.443 2,830 390 — jMotueka .. .. 2,910 2,5SS — 322 iCollingwood .. .. 1,477 1,040 509 — iBuller .. .... 3,728 3,706- — 22 iGrey Valley (part of) 10,244 10,857 .013 — illokitika .. .. 8.9S4 7,908 — 1,010 Totara .. .. ..2,622 2,350 — 272 Cheviot.. .. .. 1,790 1,722 — 08 iAahley 0,19S 7,043 845 — •Kaiapoi .. .. 0,284 6,832. 548 — Xyttelton. ... .. 3,470 4,127 051 — Christchurch ; .. ..24,979 3»,701 5,722 — iAvon .. .. .. 4,870 5,580 1,210 — Heathcote • .. .. 9.29S 11,631 2,333 — Sclwyn.. .. ..5,071 0,106 435 — Akoroa.. ■ .. .. 4.0S4 5,341 1,257 — Coleridge .. .; 9,220 il2,420 8,200 — Timara.. .. ;.- 7,222 9,869 - 2,647 — 'Geraldine .. .. 3,823" 4,419 590 — .'Gladstone '.. .. 0,456 7,532 ],070 — iWaitaki.. .. •.. 11,595'18,348 1,753 — 'Waikouaiii '..■■'■-..' 4,877 5,323 446- — i Fort Chalmers.. -..: 4.2SS 5,313 1,025 — Diincdin '.. ..22,525 24,441. 1,916 ' — lEoslyn .. '..■••.. 8,732 11,607 ; 2,875- — Caversliam ;. .. 8,029 10,404 1,865 — 'Tjiieri : ., ■ .. 5.28S ' 0.37S 1,090 . — Bruce ".-..■■.<. ..' .. .5,385 -5,897 , 512. . — : Clutha ..,'..- .J. 4,216 '4,561 345 — ■Tuapeka ... .; 5 y 390 ■: 5,842 .443 — Waikaia - .,■■ ■ .. 4,492 6,991 2,499 — Mount Ida .-. .. 2,801 3,227 426 — Dunstan, .. .. 3,087 3,881 104 — Wakatipu : .. .. 3,751 3,994 243 — Invercargill .. .. 3,701 4,592 . 831 — Uataura ■" .. .. 7,671 9,839 2.20S — Kiverton .... " ' .. 4,207 5,187 0S0 -- Wallace ... ... 2,457 . 3.487 1,030 — Total for S. Island — 290,037 — — ; Shipping (about) .. — 1,000 — — Grand total .. . — 297,037 — — Eestimated total for colony... .. — 4S9,C03 . — —