POPULATION OF THE COLONY.
[Br Telegraph.] Wellington. June 3. The following is an approximate population (exclusive of Maoris) in the various electoral districts of the colony at the census of 1881 : NORTH ISLAND. Auckland District. Marsden - 6598 Monghnui • 4378 Rodney • 4081 Waitemata - 3973 Auckland city Auckland city East • - 5100 West • 11,405 Parnell- - 6029 Newton • 8874 Onehunga • 2180 Eden - - 6033 Franklyn • 10,492 Thames -12,071 East Coast • 7322 Waipu - 4762 Waikato - 4771 Total for the Provincial District, 98,169. Taranaki District. N. Plymouth 2326 Grey and Bell 4941 Egmont * 6372 Total, 14,639. Wellington District. Wanganui - 9227 Rangitikei - 4031 Manawatu - 8826 City of WeiWellington lington -20,535 Country • 4227 Hutt * * 3633 Wairarapa • 10,570 Total, 61,019. Napier District. Clive * • 7674 Napier- * 9353 Total, 17,037. Total for the Electoral Districts of the the North Island, including shipping, about 192,461. BOOTH ISLAND. Marlborough District. Picton • * 3685 Wairau • 4481 Cheviot- • 1107 Total, 9273. Nelson District. Waimea - 2839 Motueka - 2688 Collingwood • 1646 Suburbs of City of Nelson 6763 Nelson • 2561 Bullet - • 3706 Grey Valley - 5357 Cheviot • • 615 Total, 26,177. Westland District. Hokitika - 7908 Totara - • 2530 Grey Valley • 4398 Total, 14,756. Canterbury District. Ashley - - 7043 Kaiapoi - 6832 Lyttelton - 4127 Christchurch 30,701 Avon • • 5580 Heathoote • 11,631 Selwyn • • 6196 Akaroa - 4340 Coleridge • 12,420 Timaru - 9869 Geraldine - 4429 Gladstone - 7532 Cheviot • 729 Total, 111,430. Otago District. Wai'aki • 13,348 Waikouaiti - 6,323 Pt Chalmers- 5,313 Dunedin - 24,441 Roslyn • 11,607 Caversham - 10,494 Taieri- - 6,378 Bruce - * 5,897 Clutha - 4,561 Tuapeka - 5,842 Waikaia - 6,981 Mount Ida • 3,227 Dunstan - 3,881 Wakatipu - 3,994 Invercargill 4,592 Mataura - 9,838 Riverton - 6,187 Wallace - 3,487 Total, 134,401. Total for the electoral districts of the South Island, including shipping, about ... 297,037 Estimated total for the colony - 489,698
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2560, 4 June 1881, Page 2
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271POPULATION OF THE COLONY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2560, 4 June 1881, Page 2
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