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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4393, 19 April 1875, Page 2

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the New Zealand Census for 1871, from the Registrar-General. Our space does not enable us to analyse it in to-day’s issue. Suffice it to say, that it is well and carefully compiled, and contains much new and valuable information. The following figures will, no doubt, be found interesting : —Population of the colony, Ist March, 1874, 290,514, of whom 4816 were Chinese. Of these 170,981 were males and 128,533 females. The provincial returns of population are as under : Auckland .. .. 07,451 ■ Taranaki M® Wellington 29,700 Hawke's Bay 9,228 Marlborough 0,146 Nelson 22,558 Westland • * 14,800 Canterbury .. .. .. 58,775 Otago 85,113 The increase to our population, however, has been so great since the census was taken, that it is in some respects valueless, except for purposes of comparison. And, indeed, so rapid is the access to our population, and so general the progress of the country, that nothing short of an annual stock-taking will suffice. Of course, in the annual statement by the Regis-trar-General, which has been laid before Parliament hitherto, the population can only he approximately stated, but it will be sufficiently near the mark for all practical purposes. The following was the population of the chief towns at the date iu question : —Auckland, without suburbs, 12,755 ; with suburbs, Parnell and Newton, 21,590 ; Wellington, 10,547 ; Napier, 3514 ; New Plymouth, 2044 ; Wanganui, 1134 ; Nelson, 2806 ; Hokitika, 3352 ; Greymouth, 2551 ; Christchurch, without suburbs, 10,294; including suburbs, 16,959; Lyttelton, 2974 ; Tima.ru, 1969 ; Dunedin, 18,499 ; Port Chalmers, 1535 ; Invercargill, 2479 ; Oamaru, 2819.