THE CENSUS.
We ate indebted to Mr Sperrey, the Chief Enumerator for the Province, for approxi mate returns of the population of theundermentioned General Assembly electoral die tricts, as disclosed by the census taken on the Ist instant
37,464 46,024 9,660 To the above may bo added the returns* that have come to hand ,through another; source
_ 1871. 1874. Increase. Oamaru Town ... 1,657 2,829 1,172 ‘Waitaki (exclusive M of Oamaru Town) 3,558 5,170 1,612 ' ; Total increase ... 12,344' It will jbo observed that of the nine districts above-mentioned only one, the Taieri, shows a decrease, which we believe results -'from an alteration of the boundaries since the 1 last census, the district being curtailed somewhat. These are the : rough returns, and may, therefore, oh revision be subjected to some slight amendment. :
Dunedin 1871. 14,804 1874. 18,471 Increase. 3,667 Roslyn ... ... 3,277 4,274 ' 997 ’ Port Chalmers and Shipping... 2,656 4,433 1,777 Gaversham .3,383 4,393 1,010 i. Taieri ... ... 4,237 4,155 Bruce 3,350 4,423 573 Dunstan... ... 3,305 3,391 86 Invercargill ... 1,952 2,484 532
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Evening Star, Issue 3461, 26 March 1874, Page 2
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168THE CENSUS. Evening Star, Issue 3461, 26 March 1874, Page 2
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