NATIVE POPULATION.
During toe last Session of the Legislative Council there was laid before that body a "Return of the Native Population of New Zealand," and it may not be uninteresting to consider it, in reference to the various settlements, and investigate how the several tribes are divided and situated. The aggregate number, by this return of the Chief Protector, is 109,550, of which about 40,000 are, in their religion, proselytes of the Church missionaries ; about 10,000 under the Wesleyans ; above 5,000 are Roman Catholics ; and the icmainder are termed Pagans. We have divided the Return into seven districts — giving the principal locality or abiding place of each tribe, with the name of the head chiefs.
Consideration of this Return plainly indicates, how completely surrounded the district of Auckland is by the Native population. On 'the East coast, there are 30,000; between that and the West coast, there are 10,500; and between the river Mokau and Manukao, there arc 18,400,— exclusive of the Nga to Watua and Hournki tribes, amounting to 6000 more ; making altogether nearly 70,000 Natives within three hundred miles of Auckland. This most important fact should awaken vigilance, as well as stimulate firmness and decision in the present crisis.
MIDDLE ISLAND.
Vhurhi. Nejalikiilwpunu. 5000 IVaikanao. Ngatiawa-Reritawniipawanga 3950 Animate. Ngatiraanui. <'000 )taki. Ngateraukawa. Te Rauparaha. 5000 tVanganui. Wanganui. Turoa. SOOO 21,950 I
Rotorua. Ngatiwnkane. Paupo. TaupoLoin Tongaroa. JJOOO Heuheu. 1500 ! 10,500
NORTHERN SHORE OF COOlc's STRAITS.
Waikato. faranaki. Waikato. Taraiii'iki. TeWcrowero 15,400 2000 20,400
WEST COAST' AND WAIKATO.
INTERIOR.
rauvnnga. Ngatiawa. Tupae WTakatmc) „ mkcra< Dpotiki. £ 2000 8000 East Cape. Ngatcponi. Tckani furanga. Ngatikahutnina. TeHapuku 10,000 10,000 30,000
EAST COAST.
Auckland. louraki Ngatiwatua. Knuwau Ngatimaiu Teraia 2000 4000
WAITEMATA AND COROMANDEL HARBOUR.
leshlence. Ti ibe. Chief. Poj ipulatim Kailaia. Te Rarawa. Bayoflsds. Ngainihi. Nopcra. . . Nenc. 1 Pomare. . 4000 12000 IC,OOi
NORTH OF THE WAITEMATA.
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New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 9, 2 August 1845, Page 2
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