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PROPORTION OF SEXES AT SUCCESSIVE CENSUSES. Table IX.—Showing the Number of Females to 100 Males in each Provincial District at the last Eight Censuses (exclusive of Maoris).

DENSITY OF POPULATION AT SUCCESSIVE CENSUSES. Table X. —Showing the Area of each Provincial District, and the Number of Persons to a Square Mile in each, at the last Eight Censuses (exclusive of Maoris).

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iber of Females to 100 Mi lies. Provincial Districts. 1878. 1891. 1896. 1906. 1911. 1881. 1886. 1901. l tackland 84-51 83-79 83-79 84-72 90-52 89-10 89-29 88-03 88-68 Caranaki 82-93 74-45 74-45 87-96 87-68 84-47 84-04 86-80 85-60 lawke's Bay 76-46 79-04 79-04 76-87 81-06 85-02 87-83 84-91 88-39 Wellington .. 83-19 87-58 87-58 86-16 86-59 88-67 90-42 86-11 89-71 ilarlborough.. 76-44 77-18 77-18 78-57 80-61 86-20 86-36 8107 82-79 kelson 74-68 76-18 76-18 78-94 78-78 82-61 83-99 81-82 79-69 iVestland 6008 65-40 65-40 69-69 71-66 78-50 78-94 78-91 80-23 Canterbury .. .. 82-30 85-15 85-15 92-41 94-22 94-90 96-29 93-73 95-93 Itago— Otago portion •• i 77-41 81-59 81-59 86-24 90-70 93-16 94-16 95-84 97-63 Southland portion .. 72-37 71-61 71-61 79-19 83-21 83-29 83-57 83-83 85-06 Chatham Islands 63-33 50-31 50-31 87-73 81-88 77-27 84-82 72-81 55-42 Kermadec Islands 72-73 75-00 60-00 66-61 100-00 Totals 79-40 81-72 85-28 88-26 89-31 90-33 88-65 89-59

Persons to a Square Mi] le. Provincial Districts. Area in Area in Acres. Square Miles. 1901. j 1906. ames. 187g 18gl 1886. 1891. 1896. 1911. 25,746 3-112 ' 3-744 5-064 5-172 Auckland 16,477,700 5-965 6-833 8-204 10-274 Taranaki 2,117,380 3,308 2-645 4152 5-441 6-670 9-424 11-443 13-119 15-589 Hawke's Bay 2,822,300 4,410 3-258 3-768 5-571 6-464 7-718 8032 9-578 11-008 Wellington 7,042,000 11,003 4-669 i 5-611 7-047 8-882 11-075 12-846 16-347 18-094 Marlborough 3,041,670 4.753 1-189 2-325 2-338 2-686 2-626 2-804 3022 3-363 Nelson " 6,572,100 10,269 2-298 2-384 2-941 3-386 3-480 3-692 4141 4-719 Westland 2,970,600 4,641 3-558 3154 3-433 3-423 3118 3126 3-161 3-386 Canterbury 8,985,400 14,040 6-767 8-259 8-647 9-145 9-677 10-188 11 332 12-335 Otago— Otago portion.. 9,160,330 14,313 6-605 7-509 7-944 8-111 8-313 8-757 8-934 9-250 Southland portion 7,151,370 11,174 1-783 ! 2-380 3173 3-312 3-933 4-278 4-752 5-256 0-526 0-661 Chatham Islands 239,920 375 0-520 0-642 0-531 0-723 0-624 0-652 Kermadec Islands 8,208 13 1-461 0-538 0-615 0-384 0-308 Totals 66,688,978 104,046 3-969 4-693 5-561 6-023 (i-760 7-427 8-540 9-690 Note.—Certain ininhabited outl; vileislands are not Included in this tabl