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Sbsb. 11.—1891. NEW ZEALAND.

CENSUS OF NEW ZEALAND. APRIL, 1891.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to section 12 of "The Census Act, 1877."

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 2gth June, 1891. The following tables show the population of the colony according to the census of the sth April, as made up from enumerators' summaries, after examination of details. The figures may be regarded as a close approximation to the exact population now being made up in this office from the household schedules. W. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General.

I.—SUMMARY OF POPULATION.

II.—POPULATION IN PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS.

Total Population (exclusive of Maoris). Chinese included Half-castes living Persons. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Counties Boroughs Islands adjacent to New Zealand * .. Chatham Islands Kermadec Islands On shipboard b .. 351,927 271,019 633 258 19 2,974 196,967 132,924 378 139 11 2,756 154,960 138,095 255 119 8 218 2,729 1,488 3 21 930 132 875 170 1 12 5° Totals for colony (exclusive of Maoris) *> ° 626,830 281,703 314,635 202 271 19 333,175 293,655 4,267 25 1,074 1,045 North Island 11 Middle Island « .. Stewart Island Chatham Islands d Kermadec Islands 150,045 182,851 116 152 11 131,658 161,784 86 487 3,780 18 6 836 232 6 82 7 2O6 12 119 8 1 Totals for colony (exclusive of Maoris) h c 626,830 293,655 4,267 333,175 25 1,074 1,045 » These islands are not within the boundaries of the neighbouring counties, but t included below in the populations of the North and Middle Islands. b Not including 1,134 persons, officers and crews of six British men-of-war, and 365 p the Austrian warship " Saida." • The Maori population of the colony, according to the results of a separate ce: including 219 Maori wives of Europeans) last was—Males, 22,633 I females, 18, Thus the total population of the colony (including Maoris) was—M; 312,545 : total, 668,353. " Includes persons on shipboard. :he inhat jitants h; ive been lersons, oi fficers am :1 crew of nsus take ,890: tc ales, 35, :n in Me )tal, 41.E 5,808; .rch (and 23females,

ote. — ■ing igures me) le persons on s! up >oan Total Popnlati exclusive of Mac )n, >ris. Chinese Half-castes living inch-ded previously. Persons, i Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. M. V- bV-i>/t | Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago Chatham Islands Kermadec Islands V* 133,267 70,036 22,169 i 11,846 28,391 ! 15,67s 97,876 I 52,488 12,774 1 7,088 34,7°5 19,395 15,882 9,250 128,471 66,184 153,005 81,050 271 152 19 I 11 626,830 ; 333,175 ■ ! 63,231 10,323 12,716 45,388 5,686 15,310 6,632 62,287 7 I>955 119 8 151 12 38 286 I J7 i 586 1,005 142 2,030 14 1 2 1 6 I 643 22 4 O 131 31 15 ! 187 I 668 21 42 96 19 1 4 19 175 .. Totals 293,655 4,267 1,074 [ I.O45 25