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Total Population (other th; Census, 1886. in Maoris), Number of Electors on Roll. 31st March, 1886. Electoral Districts. Chinese (included previously). Approximate Population, Census, 1881* Males. Females. Total. South Island-— continued. Timaru Gladstone Waimate Waitaki Oarnaru Moeraki Waikouaiti Port Chalmers Roslyn Dunedin West Dunedin East Dunedin Central Dunedin South Peninsula Caversham Taieri Mount Ida Dunstan Bruce Tuapeka Clutha Mataura Awarua Invercargill Wakatipu Hokonui Wallace 3,219 3,018 2,873 3,3°9 2,624 2,545 2,495 2,647 3,649 3,106 3,645 3,030 2,814 3,891 3.57 1 3> 110 2,939 3,452 3,352 2,893 2,862 3,879 3,989 3,683 3,862 5,067 3,671 3,342 2,478 2,171 2,532 2,694 2,069 2,184 2,510 3,843 3,520 4,058 3,068 2,861 31660 3,467 2,686 1,635 2,212 2,946 2,003 2,244 2,814 3,597 3,8i8 2,061 3.251 2,517 6,561 5,496 5,044 5,841 5,3i8 4,614 4,679 5,1.57 7,492 6,626 7,703 6,098 5,675 7,55i 7,038 5,796 4,574 5,664 6,298 . 4,896 5,106 6,693 7,586. 7,50i 5,923 8,318 6,188 9 8 3 22 7 23 16 18 1 24 2 29 124 65 2 6,565 4,670 5,048 5,123 5,790 4,799 4,462 4,622 6,221 6,95i 6,936 6,382 6,266 5,952 6,000 . 5,399 3,919 4,671 5,942 4,43i 5,322 5,056 4,950 , .6,689 5,140 -4,763 4,462 1,371 1,326 1.437 1,193 1,435 1,081 1,095 1,228 1,345 1,529 1,798 i,79i 1,379 i,39i 818 J,o73 1,088 1,346 1,528 1,330 1,044 1,582 1,846 2,101 1,450 2,303 1,776 3 301 384 39 474 2 37 6 23 559 200 256 Total Electoral Districts, South Island .. 4,083 290,850 77,320 174,929 151,147 326,076 * The number for each district in 1881 is onl; Census was taken, and it was not always possibli with perfect accuracy. given as a] to give tl .proximately le populatior correct. Tl 1 on either s: le districts were establisl ide of a newly-selected bi ied after the -imdary-line