POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND, 1874.
The following table, showing approximately the numbers of the population of the provinces of the colony (exclusive of aboriginal Natives), as ascertained by a
census taken for the night of Ist March, 1874, ineluding a comparison with the numbers ascertained by the census of February, 1871, is published by the Registrar- G-eneral: J
The half-caste population of the colony seems to have slightly increased since 1871. Then the number was 1,455, now it is 1,845. Of these 944 are males, and 901 females. They are thus distributed:—ln Auckland, 858; in Taranaki, 39 j in Wellington, 82 • in Hawke's Bay, 147 j in Marlborough, 89; in Nelson, 28 ; in Westland, 4; in Canterbury, 46; and in Otago, 552. The following return of the Native population of the district of Tauranga, including Motiti, has been prepared by Hopkins Clarke, Esq., a Government officer stationed in that district:—Males: Under 15 years, 162; over 15 years, 500. Females: Under 15 years, 169; over 15 years, 414. Total, 1,245. In 1869, the number of Natives resident in the district was estimated at 1,100. The late census, therefore, shows an increase of 145.
POPTOATION. Provinces. Males. Females. Total. Auckland . March, 1874 37,117 30,228 67,345 jj •. . Feb., 1871 35,502 26,833 62,335 Taranaki . March, 1874 3,051 2,432 5,483 "Wellington . Feb., 1871 . March, 1874 2,572 16,230 1,908 13,500 4,480 29,730 Hawke's Bay .. . Feb., 1871 . March, 1874 13,180 5,406 10,821 3,812 24,001 9,218 Marlborough . Feb., 1871 . March, 1874 3,596 3,664 2,463 2,479 6,059 6,143 » . Feb., 1871 3,235 2,000 5,235 Nelson . March, 1874 13,555 9,011 22,566 Westland . Feb., 1871 . March, 1874 14,257 9,458 8,244 5,365 22,501 14,823 j) . Feb., 1871 10,453 4,904 15,357 Canterbury . March, 1874 32,294 26,476 58,770 » ... Otago . Feb., 1871 . March, 1874 25,781 50,121 21,020 34,961 46,801 85,082 35 . Feb., 1871 41,691 27,800 69,491 Totals ... March, 1874 170,896 128,264 299,160 » ••• Feb., 1871 150,267 105,993 256,260 Increase in 1874 • •• 20,629 22,271 42,900
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Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 13, 30 June 1874, Page 165
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317POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND, 1874. Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 13, 30 June 1874, Page 165
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