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CENSUS OF NEW ZEALAND, MAECH, 1886. Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 9th Juno, 1886. rXIHE following table shows the Population of the Electoral Districts of the Colony of New Zealand, according to the I Census of the 28th March last. The numbers given are taken from returns supplied by the different Enumerators, and are subject to revision, but they may be accepted as a close approximation to the exact numbers now being made up in this office. As the particulars for the population on shipboard and Chatham Islands have not yet been supplied, the full number of persons for the colony cannot yet be given ; but it is evident so far that the population according to the Census returns will be about 8,000 less than the number previously estimated. The estimates are based on actual returns of births and deaths, immigration and emigration. The deficiency is probably owing to two causes: (1) a somewhat imperfect enumeration by the Sub-Enumerators in difficult parts of the country ; and (2) the number that during the past five years have left the colony without having prepaid their passages. Notwithstanding every effort made by the Customs officers to obtain correct returns, it seems evident that a considerable number must leave annually, of whoso departure no official record is kept. Wm. E. E. BROWN, Registrar-General.

Total Population (other than Maoris), Census, 1886. Approximate Population, Census, 1881* Number of Electors on Roll, 31st March, 1886. Electoral Districts. Chinese (included previously). Males. Females. Total. North Island. Bay of Islands Marsden Rodney Waitemata Auckland North Auckland West Auckland East Newton Parnell Eden Manukau Franklin North Franklin South Coromandel Thames Waikato Waipa Tauranga East Coast Napier Hawke's Bay Waipawa Rangitikei Manawatu Waitotara Wanganui New Plymouth Taranaki Egmont Foxton Hutt Wairarapa North Wairarapa South Thorndon .. Te Aro Wellington South 2,676 3,6n 3,452 4,412 3,433 3,586 2,695 6,328 4,298 4,058 5,245 3, "7 3,012 3,133 2,569 3,534 2,890 3,523 3,528 3,975 3,881 5,394 3,4" 3,936 2,776 2,482 1,944 2,813 4,816 4,049 2,943 4,593 3,319 3,970 4,258 5,427 2,088 2,555 2,577 3,533 2,906 3,678 2,309 6,241 4,374 3,854 5,273 2,713 2,741 2,3 J7 2,463 2,7 J3 2,423 2,481 2,704 3,702 2,858 3,666 2,606 3,524 2,258 2,418 2,026 4,764 6,166 6,029 7,945 6,339 7,264 5,004 12,569 8,672 7.912 10,518 5,830 5,753 5,450 5,032 6,247 5,3i3 6,004 6,232 7,677 6,739 9,060 6,017 7,460 5,034 4,900 3,970 5,227 8,761 7,062 5,562 7,767 6,081 7,997 8,420 10,627 4 6 16 36 26 9 5 2 20 2 2 I 5 5 13 1 4,234 4,93 2 5,054 4,790 5,479 6,024 5,106 5,833 6,053 5,782 5,506 4,810 5,485 5,356 5,503 4,722 4,743 4,863 4,680 5,757 4,877 5,868 5,iSi 4,956 4,278 4,640 4,020 5,422 5,407 5,279 4,600 5,H9 5,37° 7,178 7,110 7,152 1,088 1,596 1,673 2,356 1,013 949 1,134 1,610 1,116 1,299 1,211 1,462 i,474 1,819 1 ,oSo 1,261 1,628 1,825 1,821 i,543 1,809 2,335 i,456 1,332 1,184 980 815 999 2,137 2,429 1,145 1,520 1,319 1,774 i,545 1,766 3 14 8 3 2 2 6 5 1 2,414 3.945 3,oi3 2,619 3,174 2,762 4,027 4,162 5,200 7 4 8 34 33 Total Electoral Districts, North Island .. 133,087 "4-3 1? 247,4°4 283 191,169 53,503 South Island. Picton Nelson Motueka Waimea Wairau Buller Inangahua Greymouth Kumara Hokitika Cheviot Ashley Kaiapoi Avon St. Albans Stanmore Sydenham Christchurch North Christchurch South Heathcote .. .. Lyttelton .. Akaroa .. Lincoln Coleridge Selwyn .. .. .. .. Ashburton .. .. .. .. Wakanui .. .. .. .. • • Geraldine 1,901 3,529 2,827 2,633 3,399 3,515 3,216 3,679 2,849 3,122 3,547 3,158 3,002 3,178 2,749 2,679 4,679 3,687 3,764 3,!24 2,084 2,599 2,739 2,892 2,490 2,772 2,744 3,!77 i,594 3,746 2,472 2,413 2,682 2,288 1,926 2,526 1,728 2,471 2,563 2,602 3,006 3,063 2,982 2,952 4,794 4,020 3,798 3,048 1,917 2,301 2,522 2,205 2,258 2,017 2,257 2,755 3,495 7.275 5,299 5,046 0,o8i 5,803 5.142 6,205 4.577 5.593 6,110 5.760 6,008 6,241 5.731 5,631 9.473 7.707 7,562 6,172 4,001 4,900 5,261 5,097 4>74 8 4,789 5,ooi 5,932 2 14 6 66 393 497 247 80 1 4 11 29 3,685 6,720 4,264 4,903 4,535 4,182 4,304 4,943 4,651 5,223 5,102 5,147 5,292 5,i85 4,768 5,694 8,460 7,487 7,701 4,928 4,!27 4,636 4,400 5,038 4,796 4,379 4,299 5,470 895 1,080 1,268 1 1102 1,385 1,522 1,833 1,926 1,358 i,734 1,748 1,482 1,266 918 841 1,631 2,399 2,135 1,935 1,156 716 886 928 93i 1,025 1,509 1,784 1,243 8 29 24 2 4 15 5 9 * The number for each district in 1881 is on] Census was taken, and it was not always possibli with perfect accuracy. given as approximately to give the population correct. Tl on either sii le districts \ le of a new' vere establisl ly-selected fo ted after tin )undary-lim