THE CENSUS.
« GRAFTON WARD. The census returns for Grafton Ward were ! completed yesterday by Mr. King, chief ' enumerator, showing a considerable increase as compared with the figures for 1896. The j figures are : — _. jS'aj. Western Division, mats.; 365 Western Division, females 519 v , • • 5 35 hastcrn Division, males .. . . SSI Eastern Division, females 715 1297 Total ... 2182 ' 1931. " i Western Division, niaiej 455 i Western Division, females 573 — 1003 . stern Division, males 6*2 ! Eastern Division, females 764 i — 1376 : Total £34 ! This gives an increase of 202. and clearly I shows that the east as well as the west end . portion of Auckland city, is making satis- I factory progress. , OHIXEMUBI, [BY TELEGK.U'II OWN I'OKRKSroNTVKNT.J j rAEEO.*, Friday. The corrected census returns show that the population of Ohinemuri is 9975, the Kuriuigahn,'ce and Waikino ridng being augmented by 50, and Paeroa by 10. The population of the Tour ridings is therefore : — Wiiihi, 1271 : Karajigahake and Waikino, 2259; Paeroa, 21:2'; Waitekauri, 1207 ; Waitoa, 116 : total. 9975. ASH BURTON". [BY TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION".] ASHBtIRTOK, Friday. The census returns for Ashburton County give » total of 13,off''., an increase of 755 since 1836. Ashburton Borough 2522, an increase of 240. THE MAORI POPULATION. AN INCREASE. [HY TELF/JRAPH.PKESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington", Friday. All the Maori census returns, with the 1 exception of that for the Thames district, 1 have now reached the Registrar-General, i They show that the Maori population of the colony, apart from the Thames district, is | about 35.000. an increase of 2000, as compared with 1896. It is expected that the full returns will show that there are fully '10.000 Maoris in the colonv, or at least 1500 more than 1836. INCREASE AT CHRTSTCITURCH. | [UY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] CifßiSTcnußCii, Friday. The census shows th; population of Christ- j church City to be 17.824, tis compared with 16,964 in 1896. The total population for ; Christchurch City and suburban boroughs \ k 46,033, as compared with 42,158 last j csinsus.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11644, 4 May 1901, Page 3
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