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1896. NEW ZEALAND

CENSUS OF NEW ZEALAND.

APRIL, 1896.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly in pursuance of Section 12 of " The Census Act, 1877."

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 4th June, 1896. The population of the colony according to the census of the 12th April last, as made up from enumerators' summaries, is shown in the following tables. Details have been carefully examined, and the figures given may be regarded as closely approximate to the exact population now being made up in this office from the household schedules. E. J. yon Dadelszen, Registrar-General.

I.—SUMMARY OF EUROPEAN POPULATION.—ROUGH RESULTS (EXCLUSIVE OF CHATHAM ISLANDS).

* Returns for the Chatham Islands not yet received. 0 These islands are not within the boundaries of the neighbouring counties, but the inhabitants have been included in the populations of the North and South Islands given below. b Not including 171 persons, officers and crew of a British man-of-war. c Includes persons on shipboard.

II.—POPULATION IN PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS.

Total Population, Half-castes living as (exclusive of Maoris). ,. , Europeans ' (included previously). Persons. Males. Females. Males. Females. Chinese previc (Included rusty). Males. ! Females. Counties Boroughs Islands adjacent to New Zealand ° .. Chatham Islands* On shipboard b .. Kermadec Islands 39i,5io 3°7,5°5 725 * 218,488 149,621 411 * 173,022 157,884 3M 960 116 958 178 2,481 1,167 10 24 * * * 3,261 7 703, 00S 2,969 4 292 3 3 3 Total for colony (exclusive of Maoris)* bc 371,493 33i,5i5 1,079 1,136 3,651 34 North Island ° South Island ° Stewart Island Chatham Islands * Kermadec Islands 340,622 362,127 252 181,223 190,115 151 159,399 172,012 101 894 185 * 948 188 * 707 2,944 * 18 16 * * . 7 4 I" 3 Total for colony (exclusive of Maoris) * b c 703,008 33i,5i5 371,493 1,079 1,136 3,651 34

ote. —' be figures in t: [lis tal le inc. iut le persons on shipboard. Total Population (exelusive of Maoris). Half-castes living as .., . ,, , , . Europeans Chinese (included (included previously). previously). Persons. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago Chatham Islands* .. Kermadec Islands 153,643 31,243 33,9§3 121,753 12,475 35,723 14,469 135.849 163,863 * 81,342 16,958 i8,379 64,544 6,693 19,582 8,134 69,751 86,106 72,301 14,285 15,604 57,209 5,782 16,141 6,335 66,098 77,757 684 45 43 122 17 10 6 17 135 * 747 44 39 118 4 3 18 1,61 * 177 36 38 456 14 552 537 82 1 '» 759 11 1 6 5 11 * 7 703,008 4 3 Totals* 3,651 37 J ,493 331,515 1,079 1,136 34 * Returns for the Chatham Islands not yet received.