THE CENSUS RETURNS FOR AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10125, 7 May 1896, Page 5

THE CENSUS RETURNS FOR AUCKLAND.

THE CITY AND SUBURBS. EDEN AND MANUKAU COUNTIES. A GRATIFYING INCREASE. We are enabled now to give the results of the late census for the city and suburbs and for the Counties Of Eden and Manukau. Although the 1 returns are not yet quite completed, the work has been advanced to such a stage as to exhibit approximately oorreob totals for every sub-district; contained in the district) allotted to the Auckland enumerator. The increase ovpr the County of Eden is gratifying. It occurs In every division of the district except in the Borough of Onehunga. The decrease there is owing no doubt to. the stoppage of the ironwork industry, and consequent) departure of many families to other places. The small decreases in Pukekohe and a few other portions south of Auckland in Manukau jCounty point to the fact that the activity in the goldraining districts, in the timber industry, the gum industry, and the sebtlomont on land, have attracted a considerable number of young men in these farming places to try thoir Hick in othordirections. Altogether the returns exhibit substantial and gratifying increases all round. When the final results are available, giving separate numbers for males and females, houses inhabited, building, and unoccupied, together with a olear accounb of population in electorates, a further review will be made in connection with Mr. King's district. The Auokiand enumerator speaks very highly of the way in which all the subenumerators have completed their important work, and the absence of any complaints respecting them.

Tho Auokland officer finds there are still a few census schedules unaccounted for, and even these few should bo returned by those who may have them, in order that the final summation may be accurate and full. It would appear also that the Auokland enumerator has more population in his district than all others combined in this provincial district.

On tho presenb occasion the census forms hare been much simplified as compared with previous periods, and the RegistrarGeneral is to be congratulated on having made such an improvement.

The accompanying summaries are compiled in a very olear and satisfactory manner, and show at a glance tho advance made during the past fire years in Auckand and its surroundings

COUNTY OF EDEN.

Total for Kden County ~ „ 00,027 Total for Manukau County .. .. 12,447 Grand total 73,874

It would be quite just, to count as suburbs of Auckland the districts of Mount Albert, Ono Tree Hill, Poinb Chevalier, and Mount Roskill, and if wo add these, xr\ have a total of 54,100. Then the boroughs of Devonporb and Birkenhead, and the distrlots of Northcote, Chelsea, and the Lake, in the County of Waitomata, must be considered suburbs of the city, and if these were added we should estimate the population of Auckland at over 58,000. Wellington and suburbs Is returned at 41,745, so that, notwithstanding tho large increase in thab city, we have still here the largest oentro of population In the colony.

1890 1801 Doc Inc Boroughs— Auckland _ .. 81.67& 28,773 2,802 Parnell 4,922 3,907 955 Newton 2,335 20,87 293 Newmarket .. .. 1,996 1,(8(1 490 Total of Boroughs 40,877 38,113 4,161 Immediate SuburbsMount Kden .. .. 3.8H 1,150 515 ltemuara 2,034 1,«70 368 Kilon Terrace .. .. 1,603 1,493 107 Arclihlll 1,548 1,393 165 Epsom 060 678 82 Total for City and — Immediate Suburbs 50,373 44,692 6,681 Other DistrictsMount Albert .. .. 1,660 1,908 209 one Tree Hill .. .. 075 040 "5 Avondale 800 662 234 Mount Wellington .. 80S 758 111 Point Chevalier.. .. 691 549 42 Mount Koikill .. .. 495 391 104 Tamaki West .. .. 882 317 36 Town of Onehuiiga .. 2,893 2,024 31 Town of Panmure .. 323 208 26 59,463 62,959 6,535 Wharf and ShippingAuckland 1,434 332 1,062 Onehunga .. .. 30 70 40 Total population Eden —— County .. .. 80,927 63,411 71 7,687 71 Net Increase 7,510 COUNT OP MANUKAU. ' 1890. : 1391. Dei-. inc! Otahuhu 030 1,1103 72 Manure 849 807 42 Papatoitol „ .. .. I'd ISO 13 Manurewa 214 225 11 Howick .. „ ., 2/7 240 13 Pakuranga .. .. 819 321 28 Paparoa .. li)7 12U 13 Turanga .. .. 2(H) H7 22 MaraeUI 1)2 99 7 Tamaki East .. ,. 605 044 21 PapakuraTown .. 27 301 29 Papakura R.I) 394 390 2 Wniroa South & Outlying 8«1 709 152 llunua 239 209 21 Opabeke North .. .. 300 301 66 Maungatawhiri .. .. 291 263 33 Pokono 403 380 25 Mercer 2l'i 233 23 Outlying Districts .. 03 29 84 Pukokolie Hast .. ., 881 918 34 Hiikukoho West .. .. 1,105 1,194 89 Mauku 423 384 39 Kamka „ ,. .. 189 22:1 34 Waluku 452 402 60 Walpipi 827 807 20 Awliitu 374 305 69 Pollock 138 99 39 Islands, Haurakl Oulf, anil Week'* Island .. 85 72 13 Wailieke Island .. .. 100 216 49 Opaheke and Paparata (approximate) .. .. 888 957 69 Totals 12,4*7 12.9.32 453; 458 Net increase .. 2io