STATISTICS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 2196, 25 April 1874, Page 2

STATISTICS.

CENSUS FOR 1874.

Thr following table shovtd the number and Bex of the population, together with the number of dwellings, &0., as ascertained by a oensuß taken on the night of the Ist Maroh last .—

Thb Crnsos qt Marlbobouoh. — The official return of the census of the Provinoe of Marlborough appears in the New Zealand Gazette of tbe 9th April. The totals, oompared with the oenßOs of 1871, are— Males, 1871—3,235 ; 1874—3,664 ; increase, 429, or 13.26 per cent. Females, 1871— 2,000 ; 1874-2,479 ; increase, 479, or 23.95 per cent. Total, 1871 —5,238 ; 1874—6,143 j increase, 908, or 17 34 per oent. The total number of dwellinpsfs— 1871, 1,162$ 1374, 1,308 s inorease, 146, or 12.56 per oent»

Sealing a Vow. — A correspondent, writing from a New Jersey camp meeting, tells the following:—"Many people sleep in the same tent here, being separate.! by a partition. A young fellow from Ca m^ pn na< * become quite interested in a pr e tty danarhter of n religious farmer. Last night, *bile » dozen of coldhearted fellows were trying to sleep, they heard him say, in a lo* sweet voice, c Now, Caroline, dear, let me seal the vow, do !' No James, I cannot. What would my father and mother say?' ' Bat, Caroline, yon have promised to be mine,— now let "3 seal tho vowlet us, now do let us— won't you ? Do kiss *me !' ' No, James, I cannot, oh ; I cannot—' In a moment the tent partition parted, and a big whiskered brother, who wanted sleep, shouted: — 'For God's sake, Carrie, let him seal that vow. He'll keep ns awake all night if you don't.' Tho vow was sealed." The other day, at a concert, a gentlomau having put his hat upon a chair to keep a place returned to claim it after a short absence. Tho hat he found it sure enough where it hod bern left, only there waß a stout lady sitting on it. "Mndam," saia he, "you are sitting ou my hat." The lady blushed a little, turned round and said, in the blandest manner, " Oh, I beg pardon ; I'm sure I thought it was my husband's." A School Boy remarks that when his teacher undertakes to show him what is what, he ouly finds which is switch. j

Total Population. I Halp-castes. Chinese. Number o; Dwellings. (Including Half-castes, Chinese, «nd Maori Wire* > Maobi Elkctoral District. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Inhabited. Uninhabited. Building. Total. Town of Now Plymouth, 1874... 1871... Grey and Ball, 1874 1871 Egraont, 1874 „ 1871 1,021 895 996 833 1,034 794 1,026 942 813 577 593 389 2,047 1,837 1,809 1,460 1,627 1,183 "b 4 9 4 14 '2 $: q 2 "i 445 428 352 311 361 248 43 166 49 47 35 43 3 1 2 5 1 12 491 595 463 363 397 303 12 "9 21 "3 *" *" Total, 1874 Total, 1871 3,051 2,572 2,432 1,908 5,483 4,480 17 16 22 28 39 44 2 2 6 1,158 987 127 256 6 18 1,291 1,261 ...