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Table I. STATEMENT of CAPITATION ALLOWANCE, at 15s. for each of the undermentioned PROVINCES, on the basis of their respective Populations.

Table J. Both of the Tables on this page are corrected from those of last year, the detailed Census of New South Wales for 1871 having been received since the former Tables were constructed.

CENTAL PROPORTIONS of the POPULATION, at various ages, in NEW ZEALAND, NEW SOUTH WALES, and VICTORIA, for the Year 1871, with those of England and Wales for 1861.

Table J (1). COMPARATIVE TABLE of the POPULATIONS of NEW ZEALAND, NEW SOUTH WALES, and VICTORIA, at various ages, from the Census Returns of 1861 and 1871; showing Centesimal Rate of Increase.

Pbovinces. Population. Rate. Capitation. Special Allowance. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay ... Nelson Marlborough ... Canterbury Westland Otago 66,805 4,756 27,066 7,294 23,611 5,544 51,510 15,176 77,661 15s. £ s. d. 50,103 15 0 3,567 0 0 20,299 10 0 5,470 10 0 17,708 5 0 4,158 0 0 38,632 10 0 11,382 0 0 58,245 15 0 £ s. d. 4,000 0 0 250 0 0 750 0 0 1,500 0 0 £ s. d. 54,103 15 0 3,817 0 0 21,049 10 0 6,970 10 0 17,708 5 0 4,158 0 0 38,632 10 0 13,279 0 0 58,245 15 0 1,897 0 0 Totals 279,423 15s. 209,567 5 0 8,397 0 0 217,964 5 0

1861. 1871. Ages. New Zealand. New South Wales. England and Wales. Victoria. Under 5 years 1346 18-167 16267 15947 5 to 10 years 10 to 15 years 11-681 12-735 13994 14-556 10-492 8-627 11-443 11-697 15 to 21 years 11-548 7-874 10-129 8-796 21 to 40 years 27-97 3811 29-452 28-962 40 to 55 years 14-342 10-858 12-279 15-141 55 to 65 years 5-776 2-441 4-098 3-213 65 years and upwards 4-731 1-078 2-125 1-373 Unspecified •11 •213 •315 100The Population of England and Wales is exclusi re of the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen sej ■ing abroad at thi

sw Ze. New South W, .LES. Victoria. Ages. 1861. 1871. Increase per cent. 1861. 1871. Increase per cent. 1861. 1871. Increase per cent. Persons. Persons. Eate. Persons. Persons. Eate. Persons. Persons. Rate. Under 21 years ... 45,546 121,537 166-84 173,064 261,233 50-94 221,373 373,048 68-51 21 to 40 years ... 37,282 97,710 16208 108,475 148,433 36-84 237,313 211,863 cfc.10'72 40 to 55 years ... 10,553 27,840 163-81 45,762 61,878 35-21 62,156 110,761 18-2 55 to 65 years 2,508 6,259 14966 12^132 20'653 70-23 10,799 23,506 m-67 65 years and upwards 706 2,765 291-64 4 796 10711 121-33 3,222 10,048 211-85 Unspecified 2,426 282 rfc.88-38 6,631 1,073 rfc.83-819 5,459 2,302 <7e.57-83 Totals ... 731,528 35-38 99,021 256,393 158-93 350,860 503,981 43-642 540,322