THE POPULATION OF THE COLONY.
The following is tlie approximate population (exclusive of Maoris) in the various electoral districts of the colony at the Census of 1881 :— AUCKLAND DISTRICT. Mongonui and Bay of Islands, 4378 ; Marsden 6598 ; Rodney, 4081; Waitemata, 3973 ; City of Auckland East, 5100 ; West, 11,405 ; Pai'nell, 6029; Newton, 8574; Onehunga, 2180 ; Eden, 6033; Franklyn, 10,402 • Thames, 12,071 ; East Coast, 7,322 j Waipa, 4,762 ; Waikato, 4,771 Total 91,169 TABANAKI DISTRICT. New Plymouth, 2,326 ; Grey and Bell, 4941; Egmont, 6372 Total 14,639 WELLINGTON DISTRICT. Wanganui, 9,227; Kangitikei, 4,031 ; Manawata, 8,826 ; City of Wellington, 20,535 ; Wellington Country, 4227 ; Hutt, 3,633 ; Wairarapa, 10,570 Total 61,049 NAPIER DISTRICT. Clive, 7,674; Napier, 9,353 Total 17,027 The total of the electoral districts of the North Island is 190,854, and the shipping about 1577, giving a grand total for the North Island of 192,461. MART/BOROUGH DISTRICT. Picton, 3685 ; Wairau, 4481; Cheviot (part of), 1107 Total 9273 NELSON DISTRICT. Waimea, 2839 ; Motueka, 2688 ; Collingwood, 1646; suburbs of Nelson, 2561; City of Nelson, 6763; Buller, 3706 ; Grey Valley (part of), 5359; Cheviot (part of), 615 Total 26,177 WESTLAND DISTRICT. Hokitika, 7908; Totara, 2530; Grey Valley (part of), 4198 Total 14,756 CANTERBURY DISTRICT. Ashley, 7043; Kaiapoi, 6832; Lyttelton, 4127; Christchurch, 30,701; Avon, 5580; Ileafchcote, 11,631 ; Selwvn, 6196 ; Akaroa, 4340 ; Coleridge, 12,420; Timarii, DBG9; Geraldine, 44-29 ; Gladstone, 7532 ; Cheviot (part of), 729 Total 111,430 OTAGO DISTRICT. Waitaki, 13,348; Waikouaiti, 5323; Port Chalmers, 5313; Dunedin, 24,411; Eoslyn, 11,607 ; Caversham, 10,494; Taieri, 6378; Bruce, 5897; Clutha, 4561; Tuapeka, 5842 ; Waikara, 6981 ; Mount Ida, 3227; Dunstan, 3881; Wakatipu, 3994; Invercavgill, 4592 ; Mataura, 9338; Riverlon, 5187; Wallace, 3487 Total ... ... _ 134,401 The total of the electoral disi victs for the South Island is 296,037, and shipping about 1000, giving a total of 297,037. Tbe estimated totul for the colony is 489,698.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3103, 8 June 1881, Page 3
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