CENSUS OF THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, 1858.

Otago Witness, Issue 399, 23 July 1859, Page 3

CENSUS OF THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, 1858.

Mr. Smith complained that several parties who had fenced in street lines, had still ne- '. glected to comply with the request of the i Board to remove them. i The Clerk stated that the parties alluded to had promised to remove the fences within the specified time. - < On the motion of j\lr. Dick, it was agreed to employ the surface men upon George street i until the lev.els of Stafford street were obtained. The following letter, addressed to the chairman of the Board, from .Messrs. Young & Co., agents'foV. the London and Liver/pool Fire and Life Insurance Company, was read :—: — ''^'<" I* . ' Dunedin, July 6, 1859. STp,— As agents for the Otago branch of the Liverpool,, and London Fire and Life Instance Compai\y,-we beg to inform you that we have had a correspondence with the head office at Sydney on the subject of a fire engine and apparatus for the service of this town, and we are happy to sate that we hava received advice from the Secretary of his intention' to fonvaid the needful appliances by the first opportunity. The following is an extract from his letter, dated Sydney, June 9 :—: — ." I shall by an early eligible opportunity forward an engine to you, together with a fire alarm bell of sufficient power to awaken ail the inhabifa'rttK of Dunedin in the event of a fue, and I have no doubt but that you will experience no difficulty in getting the authorities to allow you to place it on an elevated and central position. As this Company finds the engine, the public should find the means to prect an engine -house* &c. The public should also contribute jointly with the Insuiauce Companies to the maintenance of the engine in efficient order. I enclose you a copy of the rules and regulations of the Volunteer Fire Brigade No 2 established in this city, which may perhaps a3si.it you in your endeatoui s to introduce a system into tbe'worlnng of the brigade which is so abso'utely necessary to its proper efficiency. The engine might be LENT to the btigade, and handed over to their charge, subject to your inspection from time to time, to satisfy yourselves, as the ostensible owners, that it and all the implements belonging to it are kept in proper and efficient woikins; order. I think that one or two days should be fixed for en- | glue practice by the brigade in each month, which would" tend to increase the efficiency of the biigade, and test that of the engine, hose, &c." We shall be obliged if you will bring this matter before the -consideration of the Board at an early opportunity, and confidently hope that on a question of such vital importance to the general interests of the town, they will be prepared to act at once upon the suggestions of the Secretary to the Company, so that every precaution may be used to protect the public property in the event of such a calamity occurring, as a fire. It may be well to state here, that no property can be insured for its full value ; therefore the insured portion of the public are mutually interested v:ith th<? Company in any provision for their joiut protection,; and in cases of uninsured property such provision would be wholly for tha public benefit. It only__remains for us to add, that as agents for the Company we shall be most happy to give any further information that may be lequtred by the Board, and to co-operate with them at all times in themanagement of a fire brigade system, which we shall be glad to see organized at once. We 'enclose a copy of the rules of the Sydney Fire Brigade, refeired to in the Secietarj's letter." We are, sir, yours, &c, W. C. Young and Co., Agents to the Company. After a short discussion, daring which the Board "expressed their great satisfaction with tfie importance of the proposea movement, the fo]lo\vi2)g resolution, moved hy Mr. Dick and seconded by Mr. Lambert, was heartily agreed td :—: — ''•Thsft the-iJlerk write to Messrs. Young and Co. tlfat 'th,e Board" has , received with satisfaction the proposal of the Agents of the London and Liverpool Fire Insurance Company and will co-operate ! in so far as possible in every means for the protec- I tion of the Town from fue, by the formation of a ! Fire Brigade or otherwise." j The consideration of the subjects as to the \ formation of a fire brigade and the supplying Dunedin with water was postponed till next meeting. The Clerk was instructed to write to the ' Superintendent respectfully requesting that j his Honor would direct the crown grants for the municipal property to be completed. The. Board then adjourned.

(From the New Zealand Government Gazette. ) Humba and Descriptions of Houses, and Numbers, Agea, and Conditio: of the European Population. PROVINCES. HOUS IS OH BUI I,' £ -2 S * tISGS. 10 . MAI,£S. Number or each Age and Sex. 'Co " I CO rEMAIjES. j Condition. 1 i " ~ "" " MVRRIi:D. ( TJNMAIUUrjD. I ___^ C i . i I i Totals of Sexes. < i— < 1O ; :—: — jGo I IS < H O <! . « en en «« O O I 1^! 1^ o XT. I I to o ""3 i I i en s i) Auckland Taranaki ' Wellington - Ilawke's Bay Nelson j Canterbury * Otago Stewart's Island 3499 644 2458 308 1186 1340 706 38 160 i 458 7 • 29 22 ! 319 4 I 139 44 | 526 17 i 384 52 469 1 2 4117 680 2799 451 1756 1741 1227 41 1863, 306 1333 147 1026 1041 1487 243 948 75 697 651 544 4 1202 192 690 67 567 462 374 493 71 344 76 282 307 227 o 3178 371 2237 546 1937 2256 1468 2 1793 202 198, 33 851 109 143! 9 617| 77 541 1 43 426! 52 8| a 170314371070 48121451010, 297] 200 170 80 303 IGG, 1248, 950 '619, 282 1470, 570J 116, 85 48 22! 144 1 ' 34j ! 954' 741 524J 213 1150' 438 954' 527 392! 2061254! 311 727' 535 368! 206 937| 2G2| 2' ( 6| 5| 4 3| l! 113 20 77 o 4i\ 22 35 2977 28 1J 7049 48.90 404 433 961 j 773 19391894 4477 3171 208 176 839 208 1566,1473 3565 2553 14991438 1 3725 2166 1100 1077, 2717 1932 llj 5| 18 16 192 -224 19 j 30 96 151 16 v 7 72 43 77 ' 62 57 61 1 0 10218 1414 } 6512 1 1063 I 5203 } 530 f 3874 30 I i 7959 1236 5216 451 4069 3666 3070 21 18177 2650 11728 I 1514 I 9272 8967 6944 1 9430' 1532 6409 4287 3273 1776 t 8747 1120 6833 4985" 5694 5168 92.75 73.10 101.61 116.28 173.90 290.99 783 11 ! 1 0 Totals, exclusive of the Military and their families Military and their families 10179 i 307 ,'2326 12812 6510; 14649 3555 1802 11995 ■ 4577527 .ii i : 5001 4481 3196,14947406 2792 318 I 9734934123351 ,15769 111 i r 530 578 j i 33615 I 1428 i i 25688 468 ! 59303 26707 1896 32547 121.86 ... 1 ■ . .* r ' ... "• I ... i ... ■ i " General Totals of European Population, December, 1858 I ! ... ; ... I ... j ... j ... i I i i 3 JO 13 | 26156 ! : ... | ... ! 1 I I 61199 i I Some qualification may be required from the circumstance that the loundaries of the latter extend beyond the less defined limits of the form' Census of IGSI aj tr, yet, in an enu * Inclu )plied lo the ' :neration restr ided in Wei " Settlemen icted to the lington in ISSI. f Not gi\en its" in New Zealand, while in 1858 the i European Population, the difieieuce i: in 18.31. s division of "Provinces" under the Constitution Act is adopted. But altho' s not so gieat as 1.-iatoi ially to afllct the general value of the comparison. igh tho gi :ographica: iantity of Land (in acres), in Possession of Europeans in 1851 and 1858. Live Stock ia Possession of Europeans in 1851 "and 1853. Provinces. Wheat. Bar! ley. i Oats. I Potatoes. Sown jGrass. Other Crops. Total under Cultivation, Total Fenced. ISJI ISSS I llor.es. | M f Provinces, j j j^ | 1851 1858 1851 3CS. Ca :tle. I Sheep. Go; is. I rigs. j 1851 I 1858 ISSI 1 ' 1858 ! 1851 1858 1851 j 1858 1 i 1851 185S 1851 I ISSS 1851 1858 i 1858; 1851 I 1858 | 1851 1858 j 1851 1858 ! 1851 | 1858 ' ! , Auckland... 1052'! 2315$ iTfrranaki.J 1174|' lU\\ i Wellington! 736 -1464| | Nelson I 2121^ 30544 i kOanterbury.l 135J 1 4238f S Otago I 295 | 1831 L.:.. '- ' i 353f 85f 108 716 33^ 32^ 153| i 815jj I 26984 1 982_- ! 2JOS* 135{ ; 289 ! 480 J. 185 I 482| I 189 246f 1524 j 261$ | 81 U 1709-f 610J 24552! 322 , 637" 7'23_- 197 2530 | 222? ! 645£ 10fl| 1 1651 ! 2778 | 2821 j 476' __.. i _. . . i __ . . 9231 5031 Of 1834f| 9723£ 3 1 48 J 22060 1147 V 80103 59{j 4229 IGS-_-| 3695 690} I 21904. 19<H ! 569 j 394f ' 1305£ 62.5| ' 2070 ( Ua'j | 1568£,' 72f j 4351312J', 60182-1 37591 121555! | 48D6", 2-7354*1 554-2J- 17997$ ,' 802 13J)3.ji| I 1015 ' 9320f! 6720-} 90W72 3978'\ 12705$ 5911 i} 44954# 9060] 45037.V! 2.?20{ 2292G| ; 19742! 1906G | Auckland ...j 1035 3539 i 11 Tanmaki .... 6$ 452 I 0 "Wellington.. 788 3926 '28 Nehon 532 22G8 ' 13 Car.teibury . ' 224 2749 ! 7 Otago ' 243 1680 1 i. I 7 i 10943 2 | 1395 51 ■ 11497 11 5838 46 | 2043 5 I 3161 31700 11075 58792 2604 ■4052, 2700 16000 83 40291 ( 64009 336314, 2651 19435 92014 393041' 5842 20739 28416 495550| 356 20971' 34529 223589| 582 i 3079 i 5679 11461 55 | 1165 1931 3776 ! 3135 113549 3320 | 2609 i 5628 \ 724 1 12 Jo ' 6(380 313 j 2371 1443 Totals ' 5514^13608f ! 1329| 13016 12324 '12496i.2256i j 5555§ ill 1 15589^98038^ 2126J | 8138 i 29140 j 140946^ 30470^-23J4GSJ Totals ...j 2890 14912 ' CO ''122 34787 i i i 137188 233043 1523316 12121 I 11767 116214 '40692 I i