BACHELORS AND SPINSTERS IN NEW ZEALAND.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9395, 23 March 1898, Page 2

BACHELORS AND SPINSTERS IN NEW ZEALAND.

The results of tho last three censuses in respect of the number of baohelors of 20 years and upwards and spinsters of IS years and upwards m the colony show some interesting features. While in 1886 there was an excess of bachelors Wer the Bpinsters amounting to 12,339 men, in 1891 (he census gave an excess of 3497 only, showing that a process of equalisation had been going on. But by 1896 not only had the preponderance of the male element beeu lost, but aa excess of spinsters over bachelors was reported amounting to 1786 women. It is ourions to notioe how differently the numbers for the provincial districts have beon affected by the process in operation. An excess of bachelors was preserved in Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, MarlborougU, Nelson, and Westland from 1886 to 1896, but in all these oases except Tavana,Ui it diminished very muoh. In Canterbury, however, an excess of spinsters was found in 1886 of 910, which increased to 2516 in 1391, and to 3997 in 1896; while in Otago an excess of 2359 bachelors in 1886 changed to an excess of 773 spinsters in 1891, which increased to 2066 in 1896 ; these two important districts of the South Island • losing large numbers of baohelors by departures to the North Island.

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