D.—No. 1,

The Enumerators were instructed to arrange for a separate exhibition in their Returns of the Population of the Chief Town in each Province. The result is that the following numbers are given, viz.:—Auckland, Males, 5,752; Females, 5,401; Total, 11,153. New Plymouth, Males, 1,096; Females, 1,084; Total, 2,180. Wellington, Males, 3,927; Females, 3,533; Total, 7,460. Napier, Males, 987; Females, 840; Total, 1,827. Nelson, Males, 2,995; Females, 2,657; Total, 5,652. Picton, Males, 228; Females, 237 ; Total, 465. Christchurch, Males, 3,335 ; Females, 3,312 ; Total, 6,647. Lyttelton, Males, 1,371; Females, 1,139; Total, 2,510. Dunedin, Males, 6,654; Females, 6,122; Total, 12,776. Invercargill, Males, 1,098; Females, 908; Total, 2,006. The Numbers on Ship-board in the several Ports on the Census night (which are included here) will be found in detail in a Note to Table No. 2. Subsequently this Instruction was extended to the Population of Towns having Five Hundred Inhabitants or upwards. In some cases, however, arrangements for the Sub-Districts had been made before the issue of this Instruction, which prevented its being fully carried into effect ; but the following are ascertained Results obtained in conformity with it as to the Total Population in the following Places, including, as above, persons on ship-board, viz. :• —In the Province of Auckland—Parnell, 3,226 ; Newton, 3,227 ; Onehunga, 2,177 ; Otahuhu, 552; Howick, 640. In the Province of Wellington—Wanganui, 2,157. In the Province of Nelson—Westport, 1,500. In the Province of Canterbury (as then existing)—Hokitika, 4,866 ; Greymouth, 1,607 ; Kaiapoi, 708; llangiora, 1,042; Timaru, 1,027. In the Province of Otago—Port Chalmers, 1,348; Oamaru, 1,376; Milton, 523. No other Town or Township having a Population of Five Htmdred was enumerated as a separate Sub-District, but the Enumerator for Nelson states the following as his estimates of Population, viz.:—Charleston, about 1,800; Addison's Flat, about 1,500; and Brighton, about 1,000. The Military and their Families in'New Zealand numbered, in December last, Officers and Men, 918 ; Male Children, 175 ; Women and Female Children, 362 ; making a Total of 1,455. This Number added to the Population shown by the Census gives a Total of 220,092 ;—viz. 133,102 Males, and 86,990 Females. The columns added to Table No. 1 in relation to Houses or Dwellings show a Total of 54,009 in the Colony, against 37,996 in 1864. Of this Total, 38,840 were Wood, 1,182 Brick or Stone, 868 Raupo, and 13,119 Other Materials, including Tents which numbered altogether 4,595. The proportions of the Dwellings of each description in the several Provinces will be found in the Table. It is to be borne in mind, however, that these are the Numbers of Dwellings which were inhabited on the Census Night. There were in addition to them 6,559 Buildings, either strictly uninhabited, or occupied as stores or offices during the day-time only. The Total of such Buildings includes for the several Provinces, —Auckland, 2,167 ; Taranaki, 199; Wellington, 289; Hawke's Bay, 96; Nelson, 428; Marlborough, 154; Canterbury, 2,051; Otago, 840; Southland, 334; and Chatham Islands, 1. I find, to a considerable extent, the same difficulty which I had occasion to point out in the Census compilations for 1864 in ascertaining correctly from the Returns how many belonged to each of the two Classes referred to, and it is amongst the matters which I am obliged to reserve in the hope that before the publication of the Statistical Volume I may be able to arrive at a closer approximation to accuracy than is just now attainable. The Number of Houses Building when the Census was taken was 697, being, for the several Provinces, Auckland, 112; Taranaki, 31; Wellington, 86; Hawke's Bay, 30; Nelson, 66; Marlborough, 19; Canterbury, 216; Otago, 111; Southland, 25; and Chatham Islands, 1. Although the numbers of the Aboriginal Native Population are not ascertained j by the Census of the Colony, I am enabled by Returns supplied from the Native ] Secretary's Office to introduce here an approximate estimate of them. Indeed, as respects the Provinces of Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, an enumeration.

Cities and Towns.

Military and their Families.

Houses or Dwellings.

Aboriginal Natives.

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CENSUS OE NEW ZEALAND, 1867.