The Census
i ♦ The following are the census returns for. the various proyincial districts, as compared with the returns for tbe previous census taken in 1886: — .
r This does not include the lighthouse population on the various islands. Nearly half of the total increase of the population of the Colony, it will be- seen, is claimed by Taranaki and Wellington.' This quite bears out the Registrar-General's prediction that if there was any abnormal increase in any particular district it would be found to be' on the West Coast of this island.
1891 - 1886 - Auckland 132,512 130,379 Taranaki! 21,815 ■ 17,999 Hawkes Bay ... 28,815 24,568 Wellington 96,289 77,536 Marlborough ... 12,835 11,113 Nelson 34,130 30,203 Westland 16,282 • 15,931 Canterbury ... 128.002 121,400 Otago 152,818 149,154
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 144, 28 May 1891, Page 2
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121The Census Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 144, 28 May 1891, Page 2
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