POPULATION OF CANTERBURY.
For the following return ! of the popu- ; lation of Canterbury at the last Census, I we are indebted to "the " press" :— , : . . \
The male portion of the population exceeds that of .the female by 12,310. Deducting the "W"estland District from the total return, we find that the population of the plains amounts to 38,310, consisting of 21,199 males and 17,111 females, and showing an excess of males over females of only 4088. The proportion of the . population who are married are— Males, 8641; females, 7976. Unmarried — Males, 29,993; females, 12,196 ; widowers, 460; and widows, 533. The remainder are not specified.
Males. Females. Totaled { Heathcote 3507 — 3157 — 6664 Q-ladstone 1170 — 512 — 1682 Coleridge ... ... 1385— 547 — 1932 TownofLyttleton ... 1371 — 1139 — 2510 ■Akaroa ... ... 965... 782 — 1747 Ashley ... ... 1651 — 1212 — 2863 -Avon m ... 2185 — 2095,-r 4280 Cheviot ... ... 310 — 101 — 411 Selwyn 1223 — 819 — 2042 Christohurch 3335 — 3312 — 6647 Mt. Herbert ... ... 342— 261— 603 Kaiapoi ... ... ' -2093 — 1862 — 3955 Timaru 1662 — 1312 — 2974 Westlana South ... 7729 — 1330 — 9059 Westland Boroughs ... 4148 — 2325 — 6473 . Totals ...33,076 20,766 53,842
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Southland Times, Issue 949, 11 May 1868, Page 2
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173POPULATION OF CANTERBURY. Southland Times, Issue 949, 11 May 1868, Page 2
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