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TABLE VII. COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMERICAL AND CENTESIMAL INCREASE OF THE POPULATION (OF EUROPEAN DESCENT) IN THE SETTLEMENTS OR PROVINCES IN NEW ZEALAND, DURING A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, VIZ., DECEMBER 1858 TO DECEMBER 1861.

TABLE VIII. COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMERICAL AND CENTESIMAL INCREASE OF THE POPULATION (OF EUROPEAN DESCENT) IN THE SETTLEMENTS OR PROVINCES OF NEW ZEALAND, DURING A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, VIZ., DECEMBER 1851 TO DECEMBER 1861.

Centes: Ti :mal Incri ikee Yeai ;asb in is. Settlement or Numerical Increase in 1858. 1861. Three Years. Province. On the N the Se: pecti 'umbers ol On the xes resvely. Total Population. M. 9. Total. M. K. Total. It F. Total. M. K. Auckland 10,218 7,959 18,177 13,494 10,926 24,420 3,276 2,967 6,243 32.06 37.27 34.34 Taraxaki (Decrease) 1,414 1,238 2,652 1,169 875 2,044 —245 —363 —608 —17.32 —29.32 —22.92 Wellington (inelud ing Hawke's Bay) 7,575 5,667 13,242 8,293 6,884 15,177 718 1,217 1,935 9.47 21.47 14.61 Nelson (including Marlborougii) ... 5,203 4,069 9,272 6,845 5,406 12,251 1,642 1,337 2,979 31.55 32.85 32.12 Canterbury 5,301 3,666 8,967 8,939 7,101 16,040 3,638 3,435 7,073 68.62 93.69 73.87 O t a g o (including SOUTHLAND) 3,874 3,070 6,944 22,2G8 6,715 28,983 18,394 3,645 22,039 474.80 118.72 317,31 Totals 47.67 66.93 33,585 25,669 59,254 61,008 37,907 98,915 27,423 12,238 39,661 81.65

Centesi: Ti HAL INCH SN YEAR! 1EASE IS S. Numerical Increase in 1851. 1861. Settlement or Ten Years. Province. On the Ni the Sexci tive umbers oi s respec:Iy. On the Total Population. M. F. Total. ?.r. Tolal. F. M. F. Total. It. F. Auckland .„ 5,282 4,148 9,430 13,494 10,926 24,420 8,212 6,778 14,990 155.47 163.40 188.95 Taranaki ... 845 C87 1,532 1,169 875 2044 324 188 512 38.34 27.36 33.42 Wellington (including Hawkx's Bay) 3,613 2,796 6,409 8,293 6,884 15,177 4,680 4,0S8 8,768 129.80 146.20 136.80 Nelson (including Harleokough) ... 2,317 1,970 4,287 6,845 5,406 12,251 4,528 3,436 7,964 195.42 174.41 185 77 Canterbury 1,965 1,308 3,273 8,939 7,101 16,040 6,974 5,793 12,767 354.91 442.88 390.07 0 t a g o (including Southland) 1,013 763 1,775 22,265 6,715 28,933 21,255 5,952 27,207 2C97.23 780.07 1531.92 • Totals 61,008 15,035 11,672 26,707 37,907 98,915 45,973 26,235 72,208 305.77 224.76 270.37