The Hawke's Bay Times. THURSDAY, 14th JUNE, 1866.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 385, 14 June 1866, Page 2

The Hawke's Bay Times.

THURSDAY, 14th JUNE, 1866.

Publishes every Monday and Thursday. “itTOWOS ADDICT ITS JUBABB IN VEEBA UASISTEI."

From Auckland we have received, through the courtesy of the Registrar General, a copy of “ The Statistics of New Zealand for 1864.” This work gives evidence of a vast amount of labor and care on the part of Dr • Bennett, the results of which form a mine for the exploration of the journalist. Those of oar readers who take an interest in these matters will remember that nearly a year ago we had occasion to call attention to a pamphlet which Dr Bennett published in anticipation of the present work, and which contained in a tabular form some of the most important of the results arrived at in the present volume, and which we noticed at some length. We shall, therefore, on the present occasion content ourselves with giving a summary view of that which we think of greatest interest—reserving a more detailed notice for a future occasion. We find the total population of the Colony of European descent on the 31st December, 1864, to have been 172,158, including military settlers and their families, but exclusive of the military and their families, the number of which were 11, —thus making a total of 184,131. These were distributed through the several provinces in the following numbers:— Otago 49,019 Auckland 42,132 Canterbury 32,273 Wellington 11,937 Nelson 11,910 Southland 8,085 Marlborough 5,519 Taranaki 4,374 Hawke’s Bay 3,770 The increase of the population of the several provinces during the three years intervening between the time of the last census in 1861 was as follows: Southland increase,' 6,209, or 330-07 p’ cent. Marlborough.. “ 3,220, or 140 o*3 p’ cent. Taranaki “ 2,330, or 113-99 p’ cent. Canterbury ... 16.236, or 10T22 p’ cent. Gtago “ 21,856, or 80 16 p’ cent. Auckland “ 17,712, or 7253 p’ cent. Hawke’s Bay.. “ 1,159, or 41 AS p’ cent. Nelson “ 1,953, or 19"67 p’ cent. Wellington... “ 2,421, or 10 26 p’cent. —showing a result of some importance to the curious, viz., the great proportionate increase of the smaller provinces, particularly of Southland, over that of the larger. Where Wellington and Nelson gained only about 1 in 5 of their previous population, and Auckland about 3 in 4, Southland’s increase is over 330 per cent., or nearly 11 for each 3 of their previous numbers. Of the relative proportion of the sexes we find the number of male persons (exclusive of military) to be IGO'SBO, nearly 62 percent of the whole—the females being 65'578, slightly over 38 per cent. The greatest proportionate excess of males was in Marlborough, where they were over 46 per cent, in excess of the females, and the next Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, and Otago, where the average was about one-third in excess — the least difference in the proportion being in Nelson and Wellington, the former having an excess of only about 12J, aud the latter 111. Of married persons, there were—males, 27,482; females, 25,248. Widowers, 1,806; widows, 1,809. Of unmarried persons over 15 years of age there were—males, 47,904; females, 11,423 —or nearly in the proportion of 81 to 19 S 1 Of the various other matters of interest aud importance contained in the volume we must reserve a notice for a future occasion.