TABLE shewing the proportionate increase of the Population in the Settled and Unsettled Districts (Rural and Urban) since 1851.
|
POPULATION OF THE TOWNS IN |
POPULATION OF THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COLONY, EXCLUSIVE OF TOWNS. |
INCREASE OF THE TOWNS IN THE FIVE YEARS. |
INCREASE OF THE RURAL PARTS IN THE FIVE YEARS. |
CENTESIMAL INCREASE. |
| 1851. |
1856. |
1851. |
1856. |
OF THE TOWNS. |
OF THE RURAL PARTS. |
| In the Settled Districts |
83,453 |
113,655 |
76,093 |
114,740 |
30,202 |
38,647 |
36.2 |
50.8 |
| In the Pastoral Districts |
3,777 |
6,909 |
23,920 |
30,885 |
3,132 |
6,965 |
82.9 |
29.1 |
| TOTAL IN THE COLONY |
87,230 |
120,564 |
100,013 |
145,625 |
33,334 |
45,612 |
38.3 |
45.7 |