The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 48

Statistics. — 1878

Statistics.

1878.

Area

Square Miles. Acres.
North Island 44,000 or 28,000,000
South Island 55,000 or 36,000,000
Stewart Island 1,000 or 640,000
Total 100,000 64,000,000

Vital

.—
Total estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) 31st December, 1878 432,519
Population as per census 3rd March, 1878 414,412
Composed of the following nationalities:—
English and Welsh 108,195
Scotch 47,949
Irish 43,758
Australian 16,091
New Zealand born (white) 174,126
Other British Possessions 4,840
Foreign 18,505
Uncertain 9,401
Chinese 4,442
Maori Population 42,819
Marriage Rate 7.97 to 1000 of Population
Birth Rate 41.96 to 1000 of Population
Death Rate 10.96 to 1000 of Population

Trade

Tons.
Total Shipping, Inwards, 926 Vessels 456,490
Total Shipping, Outwards, 886 Vessels 428,493
Registered Vessels, 541 Vessels Vessels 46,965
Imports and Exports.
Total Value of Trade £14,771,188
Equal to £34 17s. 7½d. per head of population
Value of Gold exported 1,240,079
Value of Wool 3,292,807
Value of Agricultural Produce
Value of Grain £506,630
Value of Butter, Cheese 21,479
528,109
Tallow 178,502

Gold

Gold Returns from the different gold fields:—
Auckland 55,982 ozs., value £220,454
Marlborough 404 ozs., value 1,617
Nelson 4,463 ozs., value 17,223
West Coast 144,634 ozs., value 578,508
Otago 105,003 ozs., value 422,277

Railways

£
Total Length of Lines open for Traffic, 30th June, 1879 1089 miles
Total under construction 142 miles
Expended in Construction of Railways to 31st December, 1877 6,765,861
Railway working receipts for year ending 31st December, 1878 670,187
Railway working expenditure for year ending 31st December, 1878 458,208

Telegraph

Total Miles of line open 3,434
Total Miles of line wire 8,035

Finance

£
Revenue (1877) Ordinary 2,340,841
Revenue (1877) Territorial 1,575,182
3,916,023
Savings Banks.
Total amount standing at credit of Depositors in Post Office Savings Banks 31st December £819,071
Ditto other Savings Banks 224,133
1,043,204

Land

—Cultivation—
Total extent of Land under all kinds of crop, and of Land Broken up but not under crop acres 2,317,264
Land in sown grass not previously ploughed acres 1,501,650
Acres 3,818,914

Production

Average yield of wheat per acre 22.94 bushels
Average yield of Otago per acre 28.18 bushels
Average yield of Canterbury 20.83 bushels
Average yield of Wellington 24.47 bushels
Average yield of oats per acre 30.11 bushels
Average yield of barley per acre 24.76 bushels
Average yield of potatoes per acre 4.98 tons
Total number of Sheep 13,069,338
Total number of Cattle 578,430
Total number of Horses 137,768

Names and Population of Principal Cities

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Including Suburbs

Auckland 24,772
New Plymouth 2,680
Wellington 18,953
Napier 5,415
Nelson 6,604
Hokitika 3,202
Greymouth 2,921
Christchurch 26,653
Dunedin 35,026
Oamaru 4,927
Timaru 3,389
Invercargill 3,761

Manufactures

£
Total number of Establishments 942
Number of hands employed, male 11,141
Number of hands employed, female 469
11,610
Value of Lands and Buildings 1,359,118
Value of Machinery and Plant 1,081,439

Public Education

£
University Education
New Zealand University 1,540
Colleges—
Otago University 6,992
Canterbury College 5,172
Secondary Education—
Twelve Superior Schools 33,000
Primary Education—
747 Common Schools 302,614
Total Expenditure for 1878 349,318
Value of Principal Articles of Export. Decennial Table.
Year. Wool. Gold. Produce. Tallow. Kauri Gum. Timber.
£ £ £ £ £ £
1869 1,371,230 2,341,592 142,647 13,935 111,307 22,338
1870 1,703,944 2,163,910 184,513 75,583 175,074 18,509
1871 1,606,144 2,788,368 206,333 67,208 167,958 21,079
1872 2,537,919 1,730,992 371,887 68,788 154,167 26,718
1873 2,702,471 1,987,425 328,875 67,118 85,116 44,039
1874 2,834,695 1,505,331 432,924 65,366 79,986 44,450
1875 3,398,155 1,407,770 262,942 55,865 138,523 40,046
1876 3,395,816 1,268,599 399,374 109,896 109,234 49,847
1877 3,658,938 1,476,312 433,741 156,552 118,348 50,901
1878 3,292,807 * 1,240,079 528,109 178,502

Open for selection 30th June, 1878. Area Remaining at disposal of Land Boards exclusive of Native Lands. North Island. Acres. Acres. Auckland 36,434 2,178,120 Hawke's Bay 36,800 296,246 Taranaki 13,872 1,362,106 Wellington 25,840 1,131,668 112,946 4,968,130 Total 5,081,076 South Island. Nelson 5,848,294 Marlborough 1,096,116 1,057,847 Canterbury 5,569,010 Westland 244,264 2,661,970 Otago 219,765 11,188,890 Southland 1,802,088 14,779,537 14,908,707 Total 29, 788,244

Crown Lands of the Colony.

* Apparent decrease of production is due to the increased manufacture of woollen goods in the colony, and decreased price in the European markets.