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NUMERICAL INCREASE OR DECREASE OF POPULATION IN EACH PROVINCIAL DISTRICT DURING THE INTERVAL BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE CENSUSES. Table VII.—Showing the Numerical Increase or Decrease of Population (exclusive of Maoris) of each Provincial District in New Zealand in the respective Periods, March, 1878, to April, 1881; April, 1881, to March, 1886; March, 1886, to April, 1891; April, 1891, to April, 1896; April, 1896, to March, 1901; March, 1901, to April, 1906; April, 1906, to April, 1911.

Numerical Increase or Decrease. Provincial District. 1878 to 1881. 1881 to 1886. 1886 to 1891. 1891 to 1896. 1896 to 1901. 1901 to 1906. 1906 to 1911. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Auckland Taranaki 16,790 5,395 9,311 3,344 7,479 2,051 30,928 3,141 16,471 1,059 14,457 2,082 2,780 4,066 -691 2,181 1,854 3,471 20,405 1,885 9,110 2,084 5,532 11,315 9,090 22,374 ; 11,738 10,636 35,285 3,967 6,680 j 3,669 3,011 5,544 2,879 1,386 462 924 6,818 4 11,918 19,500 9,648 9,852 38,514 19,388 15,897 2,664 2,880 53,297 29,368 8,170 4,552 23,929 3,618 5,143 Hawke's Bay 2,352 1,191 1,161 7,201 4,190 3,011 3,938 2,653 3,986 2,832 6,304 2,924 3,380 Wellington 10,302 4,840 5,462 16,165 8,933 7,232 20,189 10,725 9,464 24,129 12,211 22,413* 16,101 19,226 8,298 10,928 Marlborough 1,743 966 777 1,813 974 839 1,654 846 808 - 284 -365 81 843 447 396 1,042 784 258 1,617 810 807 Nelson 947 415 532 4,128, 2,078 2,050 4,567 2,570 1,997 964 126 838 2,181 1,033 1,148 4,607 -269 37 37 168 2,780 1,827 5,941 3,571 2,370 Westland - 1,922 - 1,502 -420 921 313 608 -44 -133 89 - 1,418 - 1,149 .. 96 72 1,040 517 14,079 6,262 523 7,817 Canterbury 20,260 10,166 10,094 9,218 2,504 6,714 6,992 3,011 3,981 7,466 3,603 3,863 7,183 3,163 4,020 16,065 9,258 6,807 Otago — Otago portion .. 12,938 5,897 7,041 6,221 1,862 4,359 2,386 -166 2,562 3,902 1,245 2,667 5,351 2,370 2,981 2,500 4,525 1,698 5,631 2,851 61 52 -1 -1 2,827 2,780 9 784 1,716 Southland portion 6,670 3,938 2,732 8,856 4,287 4,569 1,557 415 1,142 6,945 3,780 3,165 3,850 2,066 1,784 5,329 2,863 2,466 2 - 12 -2 -1 Chatham Islands .. 46 41 5 -43 -55 12 72 43 i 29 - 37 -17 - 20 - 27 - 20 - 7 - 10 Kermadec Islands I 19 11 I 8 - 12 -7 -5 11 1 .. -3 Totals .. j 48,176 20,656 27,520 76,702 38,538 65,016 50,843 119,890 60,902 58,988 75,521 38,607 36,914 88,549 42,616 45,933 38,164 69,359 34,577 34,782 115,859 Note. —Where a decrease has taken ilace the minus sii (- is irefixed.