The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1219, 22 April 1880, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1880.

W? hare, to the receipt froml the printer of a copy _o|_ the Retui'ns of jthe last^ Census token on the night of the 3rd March, 1878: Thte I returns are voluminous as may be imagined from the' faot^hat so many months haye r l*ien'o6ciipied 61 the compilation, 1 aWI are of ft highly interesting and instructive nature!. The following are the general results : — The population of the Colony, exclusive ' of Maories,' amounted in Match, 1878, io 3.95 persons to theJSquare mile ; but as 15 1, 160 persons out of a total '414,412 resided in'iowiis, the ; population,, ptjtsjxle .towns •amounted to &5 » persons, . <jq the square mile. , The density of popu,fytion r df dome'y ti# Sl^ro,pean iM rnont^uijopefi^L SQimtes byfthd latest fretttrns- was asjqHflvjsftv United '.Kingdom,' <2«s tofthe square milei; Frai&ej l$0*; Germany, M'j Austria^ v W; Spain, 90 j Russia^ 34 ; United States, 11; ,Brazil, 8. In the, Dominion of' (Canada the latest enumeration available was made in 1871, and this gives a population of 3,{586,056 ( to the area of 3,372,290 square miles,, or a. little over 1 ,tg^ the square mile. The propprtfon , oft the itth^bitaht^-at' What;- mays be considered 1 the 1 " supportiiig period' of .liferrrvps^.ftom^iS.to, 65 years of aget-r-was M%&> to . every . %QOO, being in proportinate- excels itoi all [ fche Ausfri&an' Colonies, 'with the escep&on,, of , f Q^eensland; ;;' T|ie .conjugal condition of the psppjeis Necessarily a very interedtingsubjeet, statistically and otherwise, and we are glad to, note that the Bemstrarr; „&*& '"& TOt^r; due prominence, ..In. 1878, ot the male population, excluding Chy^es%27.o9 'per cent; were Blamed ; of the^ female pbpulatiorij 94.30 per centf This appears to indicate the e|x| istence, pf XH pei : c^t. p^ widows!" Comparing the results of the last four censuses, it i» found that the proportion of married out of every 100 males has beeii steadily . increasing while the pro^ portion of married out of. every 100 females has been regularly decreasing during the IQ years .1868 to i 877 inclusive. The number of bachelors over 20 year 3 6£ kge in f 1878 ( l exceeded the, ntimW t $ : . spinsters over 15 by t25,666 ; in other wprds^ there wene ! 1 91 eligible • bachelors to 7 ' every 100 eli^ble spinsters. Out of the 28;b71 , spinsters, 1 l'5;510 were between 15 and 20, and J,2,561 , of 20 1 years and upwards, the upwards meaning a,riy, age up to r 103. The widows, numlperecl 15 ; 672, a,nd the widowers 4,176, the excess of widows . jbeing thus 1,4p6. There were 50,995 married women between the ages of 15 and 45. The number of legitimate births in 1877 was 16,505, or, as nearly as can be calculated, 32 births to every 100 married women. The- census of England for 1871 and birth returns show tnaV there ' is one 'birth to every married woman between the ages indicated in every 3.48 years; the New Zealand- census of 1378 shows a birt>b toeveiy such marriedi woman, in I'^o^'/With1 '^0^' /With regard W the ChineW tte^ c /J^egistrar-General states that the instructions in the "household schedule" were that Chinese .Wft 4 to r beset down as unmWriecl,* unless t the/ /either have or have had wives in New Zealand. Out of a total 61 4^424 male Chinese 71 have been returned as married. 5 of wtiom^ iiad Cninesk 'Wives. The number of Chinese females were altogether 9. It is Worthy of note thas t^\e ( issue^ of the unions between Chinese _.«xid European females cannot have been numerous, as the total number of Chinese under 15 years of age only amouut to 15. Under the heading, '• Birthplaces of the Peope" some interesting information is given in the report. The persons born in New' Zealand numbered 174,126, or 42.02! per cent, of the whole population ; of these 87;787 wer males and 86,339 fjemales. The. Australianborn were 16,091'; English-born, 106,493; Scotch, 47,949; Irish;, 43,758; Welsh, 1,702; Germans, 4,694 ; Norwegians^ and Swedes, 2,375 ; Danes, " 2,225 i' Under , the' head: ** Religious" we find that 10,564 persons objected to state their religious belief, and no entry Ayas made in the column for religion in the " Household schedule" opposite .the of^ ? !|,T43'per^)ns : ;, The Protestants o( all denominations amounted to 334,745, the Catholics (including the , Greek Church) to 58,945. Of the Protestants the members of the Church pf England are 1?6,337 ; Presbyterians, 95,103; Methodists of various descriptions, 37,879.' The Hebrews number 1,424; Pagans (embracing nearly •all' 'the 7 ' Chinese),' '4;W; "Freethinkers," 490 ; and Secularists, (Whatever they majr be), 94.^ jt . ,

We observe by our repbrt of 'the proceedings of the Borough CouucU meeting' '6tt Tuesday evening that Councillor McGarrigle brought forward a motion drawing "the attention of the Editor of the Waikato Times to the omissions and inaccuracies in the Waikato Times reports," and complaining that the reports are not as full as they might be, and as ai # c those given to Cambridge and other meetings. With regard to the alleged *< omissions and inaccuracies," >ye mnvh

re^ref^fi s jfflr have occurred, And can k^s sure CodipHlor McGarrigle and his collei!glHflWn»rit is the first we have heard of thematter, and that had he or they reported such to us we would have enquired into the complaint, and rectified any ' ' omissions and inaccuracies. " As to the complaint that the reports of the proceedings of the Hamilton Borough Council are not "as full as tnijy 1 mfgM T De, and as are those given 10 UambriagiT and other meetings," iye\wwW remind^ Councillor McGarrigle *anfl q his colleagu6#* Hntit^Hatmtton'iß n«t Wwfafcto, -SiMk-that-. the sayings,^ ltherCouncillors are of interest only ttvo v the burgesses of Hamilton, who can if they like be present ; wHefe.^^ao^ Bating»rfna r ;Hain&^ of the' Au'ckiana uattte Boara "field at Cambridge ' (td NirMbh 7 wA presume he refers), are of immense interest throughout, .the, ProvfociaJ.JMaifriot », i^ nn P ir 'A^' beraiiion^ are .Jisteiied to by jibing settlers from every part of. Waikato : and' the subject matter of their delibei|a : ' tions is u of ' outf anW'oh'i;' more import-* ancepthrfii the t^iding? of y gully or the erection of a pound. We may as well at^ijc^^tatLthatwConsidering the nature* 61 ttie-pi wiliui t^^ded our ije r>l porter at the Borough Council meetings, unless matters of interest to the whole Waikato come undtr the notice of Councillors no fuller reports will be published. ,. r i i

Tt?e* fefc of the bridge over Mystery, Creek on. the HamiltonOhaupri road m repair should be proceeded with without any unnecessary delay. At ' present the crossing is in a highly dan- • gerous statetfte.plankingof the old fridge, although, rotten, 1 , w,stul allowed |,to^ remain, ana any 'day a'serlfouWiccidentSn*ight occur. '• »L» L " l: '*~ " /fl (|/ ' r " n * Mr Potter's contract ' for -making a portion of th 6 road. from Mr Tinne's to join the Rako road near Tawhare is nearly completed. This portion u all through ssaippj- and Mt-PQW9\ 60 or JO oharns' in uength. 'TOetii finished this i road will shorten therjourney from To Awarautu and Ohaupo to the Piako by several miles, b&ngi'a direct continuation oj ro^. I ff4C£iF9ftJ^%)¥ wilrdfrffiiT a^l&rge tooTnoir ©f^tHe ( swamp, carrying the -wktfer into* the Mangaonfta Greek. [ <r Tuesday the Cattle Boaxjd. Lia^dTnpAnJji^^jrlxHßattor Runciman apd c Veterintry^- Wrge^tt -^adgi, inspected 1 Mac! M£| andtCkb s Devon Cows and fouhd" r^e^ been made foT^slawghtering and a' j grave was ready in case, MirSfr&en had' I decided on 1 slaughtering; ! Th£f' readiness i to facilitate the proceeding* ot the inspector is highly to be commended, and should be taken to heart by ull settlers. The Queen's Btohday W«ek promises, to, keep.- sporting r inpn in, the Waika^o^ftnjjre'inployedf '-Ob Monday, the 2^th May} is tha Te A, wamutl * Race* ; ion Tuesday a coursing match for £20 a-s;de takes place at Cambridge between Mr /Morrin's.ftag Sandy and Mq Fergusson's Iranhoe, ,a.fter which, the fcuppyStykes of .the, Carobriflge youising, yiub^Wednesday will be o(^me4( with business arrangements of the Jockey and Coursing Clubs} "on ' Thursday' the Cambridge Jockey. Club hold their annual Autumn Meeting; and on Friday ' apd .Saturday, the Cambridge Courting Chib holds its carnival. Thus it will be seen only fine weather is required to make the week a thoroughly enjoyable one. ' - i , An accident which might have been of a most serious character happened to the bread cart of Mr Bell, of Hamilton East, ' yesterday afternoon. About halfpast four, as the boy was driving the cart into, Mr, Bell's yard, something frightened the horse an,d caused it to bolt into the yard ; it ran against a house, and upset the cart, precipitating the driver under the cart. Passers-tyy .came to the rescue and unharnessed the , horse, which proved to be uninjured. And we are pleased to" learti 1 toat itHe 1 driver, Fed. Hammond, escaped "scot free.". Owners of cattle in Waipa have 1 their cattle nkus&ve'kept off ehefoajis and in enclosed paddocks till further notice if , MW*?.r/ <i h-'i/iiM'.i A requisition, influentially signed, will in a few days., it is stated, be pre- , se'nted'to the 'member for Wtiipa,- asking him t» call a public ineetiug at Hamilton for) the consideration of the pleuro»pneumoniaqudstionjand tofdisooss the action at present taken for the suppression and extinction of the disease; As {matters at present are the oure is almost as bad as 1 the disease itself, and a very strong feeling exists on this matter in the minds of scores, we might say hundreds, of small owtners r o£ cat^e^-jwjjp are-, compelled to keep ine'm in enclosed paddocks, which at this seasdn of the year, and with such exceptional weather, are completely destitute of pasture. This means to these people as certain a loss by starvation as by disease. We understand . that amongst other concessions cpnecded to the Borough is the announcement that the Government will bear a half share of painting the Hamilton traffic bridge. As the bridge will require three coats of paint during ■ the present year this is a matter of considerable, moment to the Borough. We are glad io see. that bur repeated calling attention to. the negltct in not taking advantage of' t^elovvness of the.ri ver to complete the sbeathing, of ine.pierij below the ordinary Water 1 level 'has at 'last had its' effect 1 . kTßhei work is being now proceeded'with. We have received a copy of a "Guide to the Property Assessment Acf 1879, " compiled by Mr CttarleSTM?|Crombie Deputy Property. Tax Gominisjnoner, Wellington District. . This is a very useful little work, and will proyeof use to those who will be taxed- under, the Act, and who have not the time to scudy new legislation however much they may bei affected thereby. Mr Crombie introduces! matters relating to taxation and indebted- , ness which have all more or less reference to those questions of direct taxation and general indebtedness. The price of the brochure is one shilling. It should conv< mand a ready sale.- • ' * The usual monthly meeting Lodge Beta will be held this evening. A^Vbeti^o of'thei Hamilton fcricket Clubis called for this evening, at the Royal Hotel, on business, connected witf^ |hu cricket ground. The damoridge Farmers' Club monttfly mQCtr 'UgiviU Upheld next Wednesday. % ♦ " f - The Sou«j Auclj|ah4 Ca'ttlo Bo'drU hold a meeting on featurdaj, to Hvhieh cattlo»dwnors arc ,invited. „ —^ Xhb Miniyerta^y sermons in connoqtlon wjth the Te Awamutu Wcsleyan Church jvijl bo preached on Sunday next— 'in the morning by the fcev. J. Bruce, and in tho evening by the Rev. Cornelius Griffin; ■ The annivprsar^ and induction soireo and concert will bo held in the Public Hall, Te Awamutu, on Tuesday ne\t. Tea will be on the table at 6 p.m. A special meeting of the W.iikato County Council is couxencd for 7th proximo, in consider annual balance-sheet and report of audits for year ended }i*t ultimo ; and an ordinary meeting nf the same, on the same dato, ;r closing throe ro.uls in the Taotaoroa District. Tin' electoral rolls of riding-, in the AVaikato Coun^ are vow open to in^pvetiun*

will materially assist the settlers on the Rich- I mund Hlock and Neighborhood in their communications with the Thames Ri\er at Omahu. This portion of the road bycing,made, ttu>dytßii-> pal main roads in the pVMtyar*l|stric( pjlj qcj considered as well opened up. -and the coming winter will not be nearly sortiafd qn the settlers as the last, when it was hardly possible to get about from one portion of the country to another rexecpt/opf hpreebaokw Tenders, arif -.to, i#s in kw theTaf(yfWay]at r HM Mtj"rrini«Hri '?dst OfficW Mn. g«n4w,. i tto^qya— », to>.«thft Hniird,, will, supply all information to Intending cofttrac-