THE CENSUS,
OTAGO. We have now received from "Mr O. O. Graham some of the detailed . figures v in connection with tfoe recent emeus. The eomenhau remarkable preponderance — Tor anew country — *>f the female population in the city and suburbs is 'brought out in the following table i—
The 4ot*l iticrei.Be for -the city, -as compared' jrith 1891, io 703, -and there is a d' creuse, v compared with 1886, of 161. Tliera is in increase in all the wards except South Ward.
The Registrar-general supplies the following returns concerning other portions of the colony j BOROUGHS. Hastings ... ».. 3,199 —An increase of 893 Christchurch ... 17,215 m 9i>2 Auckland 31,575 v 2,91)2 Newmarket ... 1,995 m 409 COUNTIES. Wairarapa South 8.396 —An Increase 416 Hawke'sßay ... 0,900 .i '872 Sounds ,746 w 26 Manawatu ... 3,823 v 1,108 Fohangina, Oroua, and Kiwitea ... 10,304 « 2,786 Tiako 2,710 v -193 Wai-t^mata- ... 6,750 h 556 ■Grey , 4,592 « £«2 Koduey 3,474 v < 304 Groat Barrier 15.... 307 >« 45 Island of Kawau... 10 — Decrease of- 8 E-ien ... ... 15,6W-Increa3e of 1,811 Mannkau ... 12,447 «i 458 Horowhenua ... 3,794 v 1,505 Wairarapa North 7,135 » 1,992 WhunKarei ... 7,005 m 88> Mannkau 12,447 h 522 WhangaToa ... 976 *i 98
I I"t It - a vn h fn I>aneain 10,821 02,2'U 23.052 U4O JPort Chalmers ano Shipping ... 1,113 973 y .2,056 — St. KildaT.. ... 603 . 582 1,185 -. South Dunedin..: '2,165 2,427 4,592 SC2 -CWverfihtuii ... 2,309 2,i155 4,764 \46 Mctnington ... < 1,63 ,1.989 3,582 338 Boelyn 1,94* 2.170 4,114 226 Uorth.East Valley 1,161 1,713 3.374 532 WftoriHill ... 704 779 1,483 75 >6r«en Ma»d ' ... 327 33(5 683 9 West Harbour ... 676 ' 6PO 1,36(5 14 JWoseiel , 650 74<2 1,352 ' 82 Hawtesbury ... 365 395 J6O 30 The returns for the cltcfcor&l di«fcric(s of Dunedin, Chalmers, Taieri, Caverehfttn, anfl are as follow :—: — Males. Females. Total. Dwneain ... 16,914 19,016 - b5,969 Caverabam ... 2.825 2#97 — 5.822 Chalmers ... 4,943 5f0655 f 065 — l«,0OS Taieri 5,635 3,376 - 7,061 Walkouaiti ... 3,999 3.572 - 7,571 The following are the comparative figures I "giTiDg the total population lor the last three j ■ census periods : — j -counties. i Yr 1886. Yr. 1891. Yr. 18BC. ' Peninsula 2,616 2,701 2,047 •Waikouaiti ... 4,603 4;334 4,330 Taieri ... 7,235 7,079 6,952 ■ BOROUGHS. Yr. 1886. Yr. 1891. Yt. 1895. Weet,Harbour ... 1.595 1,297 1,386 Jlosgiel ÜBl 3,304 1.382 Green Mand ... 63& 687 663 ' 3laori Hin ... 1.358 1,426 . 1,483 North-East Valley 3,221 3,337 .3,374 , ' Boslyn 3,609 3,845 4,114 MorninKton ... 5.334 3^23 3,5<V Cavcrßham ... 4,448 4,690 4,764 , Hftwksbury ... - 764 7« 760 > South Dunedin ... 3,W)2 4,222 4,592 - St. Xilda 1,078 1,153 1.183 • JPort Chalmers ... 2,235 ?,028 .2,08f: City of Dunedin ... 23,24:5 -22,379 23.052 DUNEDIN CITY. JB9l. 1836. Southward... „. 3.019 2,970 High Ward >.. „„ 4,918 5,329 Bell Ward "5,997 6,016 LeithWard 8,415 8,767 Total „. ... 22.379 23,032
Worth-East Valley 3,374 —Increase of Mornington ... 3,582 ■■ Boslyn 3,939 h St. "Kilda 1,135 n 'Si-een Island ... 663 —-A dccreace of Caverabam ... 4,764 —An increase of South Dnnedin... 4,592 . v "Pott Chalmers (includingsbippißg) -2,086 v filoaeiel 1,382 <i MwriHill ... 1,483 Outram t 463 — Decrease of Palmerston South 774 » •Gladstone 339 — • Inceaseflf Mataura* 7«1 Jnvt-roaruill ... -5,fi30 —An inciesseof Nortblnvercargill 579 i. Cromwell 539 n Riverton 894 ■■ N»«eby 447 — Decrease South Invercargill 1,888 — Increase East InveicargiU 934 n Queenstown ... 781 n Ari'owtowa ».. 4Q9 ~ Decrease Wyndhsra ... 482 — Increase Hawksbury ... 760 « Oamaru ... ... 5,226 — Decrease Milton 1,139 .Lawrence 9% » Alexandra 45(5 — Increaso Winton 397 » Aven»l , 827 v s?apanui 408 » BalcluEha 925 i» liaitangitta ... 1,362 ■ i. * * Not a borough in 1891. COUNTIES. Vincent ... .- 4,095 — ADinorease of .„ S,M7 — A decrease t)f £UJW»rt lilftfid „, .852 h 37 I 59 32 i 32 24 74 320 \ 58 ! 78 i 57 36 52 I 680 | 1«2 65 51 49 17 ' I 7.7 395 j 19 30! 346 109, 25 20] .58 fel7 -W7. 64 'i 50
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Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 30
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