CANTERBURY.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 45, 8 May 1862, Page 6 (Supplement)

CANTERBURY.

On Sunday evening Lyttelton was visited by a sevei-e gale, accompanied with heavy rain, from the south-west. A good deal of damage was done among the boats, and one or two of the small craft suffered. The ketch Waterlihj lost her jibboom and had her bulwarks stove in. A punt and large whaleboat belonging to Mr. Waterworth at the head ol the bay, were driven shore, the latter being broken up ; a large boat, the property of the staff of the Lyttelton Times , slipped her moorings and was destroyed on the rocks; several boats belonging to the watermen were more or less damage. The weather continued bad till Monday night, when the wind moderated. —Lyttelton Times, April 23. The following results of the late census, for the districts named below are shown :

Total 12,889 t This, together with 3,200 in the town of Christchurch, as published in our issue of 9th inst., gives a total population of 16,039 souls. —Lyttelton Times , April 16.

Male. Female. Total. Town of Lyttelton 1,045 899 1,944 Aron .1,175 1,006 2,181 Heathcote 1,170 949 2,119 Port Victoria . 288 193 481 Akaroa ...450 481 1,031 Kaiapoi . 911 875 1,786 Cheviot, including part of the Province of Marlborough 1,272 492 1,764 Timaru 1,050 524 1,583