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B. DETAILED STATEMENTS.
1. Area.
North Island
|
44,468 square miles. |
Middle Island |
58,525 square miles. |
Stewart Island
|
665 square miles. |
Other Islands |
813 square miles. |
Total |
104,471 square miles. |
Note.—The area is one-fifth larger than Victoria, but one-seventh smaller than the United Kingdom. The length of coast line is 4330 miles.
2. Temperature and Rainfall.
|
Auckland. |
Wellington. |
Christchurch. |
Dunedin. |
Latitude |
36°60′ |
41°16′ |
43°32′ |
45°52′ |
Mean Temperature— |
° |
° |
° |
° |
Summer |
66·6 |
62·2 |
61·1 |
57·7 |
Autumn |
61·1 |
56·6 |
53·3 |
51·1 |
Winter |
52·2 |
48·8 |
43·3 |
43·3 |
Spring |
57·7 |
54·4 |
53·3 |
50·0 |
Year |
59·9 |
55·5 |
52·2 |
50·0 |
Yearly Extremes— |
|
|
|
|
Average maximum |
88·8 |
78·8 |
88·8 |
84·4 |
Average minimum |
33·3 |
32·2 |
25·5 |
29·9 |
|
in. |
in. |
in. |
in. |
Average Rainfall* |
41·1 |
37·7 |
25·5 |
35·5 |
3. Constitution, 1893.
Legislative Council— |
|
Present No. of Members |
46 |
Term of appointment— |
|
Prior to September, 1891 |
Life |
From to September, 1891 |
7 years |
How appointed |
Nominated |
House of Representatives— |
No. of Members— |
Europeans |
70 |
Maoris |
4 |
Term for which elected (years) |
3 |
Constituencies— |
|
European |
62* |
Maori |
4 |
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4. Electoral Franchise, 1893.
Electors on Roll (exclusive of Maoris)—
Males |
193,536 |
Females |
109,461 |
Electors who recorded their votes in contested districts, 1893—
Proportion to No. on Rolls.
Males |
75 per cent. |
Females |
85 per cent. |
Note.—Women were admitted to the franchise in September, 1893.
5. Population of Chief Cities, 1891.
(With Suburbs.)
|
Percentage of Total Population. |
Auckland |
51,287 |
8·8 |
Wellington |
34,190 |
5·5 |
Christchurch
|
47,846 |
7·7 |
Dunedin
|
45,869 |
7·7 |
6. Balance of Immigration.
Period. |
Total. |
State Assisted Immigrants. |
Expenditure on Immigration |
1853–60 |
33,483 |
Not stated
|
|
1861–70 |
113,705* |
Not stated
|
£2,008,500 |
1871–80 |
136,733† |
100,920 |
|
1881–90 |
20,257 |
14,614 |
179,200 |
1891–93 |
1,760 |
44 |
1,533 |
Total |
£2,189,233 |
7. Birth, Death and Marriage Rates.
Average 1889–93. |
Per 1000 of the Population. |
Births |
28·87 |
Deaths |
9·95 |
Marriages |
6·62 |
8. Public Revenue Account.
(Year ended 31st March, 1895.)
Credit Balance from previous year |
£290,238 |
Revenue, 1894–5 |
£4,288,716 |
Expenditure, 1894–5 |
4,398,930* |
Deficiency |
110,214 |
Credit Balance carried forward |
£180,024 |
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9. Public Revenue, 1894–5.
|
(Exclusive of Loans.). |
Taxation— |
|
Customs |
£1,569,785 |
Excise—Beer Duty |
59,901 |
Land Tax |
280,207† |
Income Tax |
89,892 |
Succession and other Stamp Duties |
297,000∗ |
Total |
£2,296,785 |
Land Revenue— |
|
Alienation |
£131,468 |
Rents of Pastoral Lands, &c. |
184,699 |
Total |
£316,167 |
Public Works— |
|
Railways |
£1,152,748 |
Post and Money Order Office |
254,800* |
Telegraphs and Telephones |
86,900†Including £19 on account of old Property Tax. |
Total |
£1,494,448 |
Miscellaneous— |
|
Registration and Other Fees (including fee stamps) |
£89,906 |
Marine |
21,514 |
Other |
69,896 |
Total |
£181,316 |
Grand Total |
£4,288,716 |
10. Public Expenditure, 1894–5.
General Administration— |
|
Civil List |
£24,412 |
Legislature |
17,398 |
Civil Establishment |
110,703 |
Judicial and Legal |
124,204 |
Police |
94,210 |
Defences |
62,156 |
Not specified (under special acts) |
189,891 |
Total |
£622,974 |
Lands— |
|
Crown Lands, Administration and Survey |
£165,043 |
Agriculture |
42,530 |
Mining |
15,602 |
Total |
£223,175page 449 |
Intellectual Culture and Charities— |
|
Public Instruction |
£396,234 |
Charitable Institutions |
54,414 |
Total |
£450,648 |
Public Works— |
|
Railways |
£725,256 |
Post Office and Telegraphs |
298,766 |
General Public Works |
367,517* |
Interest, &c., Public Debt |
1,599,089† |
Total |
£2,990,628 |
Commerce— |
|
Customs and Excise |
£65,675 |
Harbour Endowments |
33,508 |
Total |
£99,183 |
Miscellaneous— |
|
Department of Labour
|
£3,437 |
Other |
8,885 |
Total |
£12,322 |
Grand Total |
£4,398,930 |
11. Public Debt, 1894–5.
Note.—Affairs connected with the New Zealand Bank are not embodied here; being inchoate. At page 385 in this volume the hasty manner in which in 1894 the New Zealand ministry contracted an obligation of Two Millions Sterling has been recorded. Their confidence in themselves and their proposals was speedily exposed to a rude shock. In 1895, they made another hurried application for help for the institution to which they had linked themselves; and their Parliamentary opponents magnanimously aided in devising measures of relief. Statistics are sometimes sneered at as deceptive; but they do not fail to teach that a community led by men who flout at wisdom and deride experience will have to pay for its own experiments. “The injuries which wilful men procure must be their schoolmasters.”
(
a)
Purposes for which Contracted.
1. Reproductive Works— | |
Railways | £14,655,026 |
Telegraphs | 679,793 |
Water Supply | 587,041 |
Harbours, &c. | 906,958∗ |
Total Revenue Yield | £16,828,818 |
2. Other Works— | |
Roads and Bridges | £3,855,455 |
Defence Works | 429,719 |
Other Public Works | 2,266,873 |
Total | £6,552,047page 450 |
3. Miscellaneous— | |
Immigration | £2,146,552 |
Land Purchases (chiefly from Maoris) | 1,297,517 |
Rates on Native Lands | 61,072 |
Revenue Deficiencies | 218,500 |
Charges and Expenses of Raising Loans | 1,026,828 |
Unapportioned | 11,695,081* |
Total | £16,445,550 |
Total Debt, 31st March, 1894 | £39,826,415 |
Total Debt, 31st March, 1895 | £40,386,964 |
Note.—The above figures represent the net expenditure out of the “Public Works Fund” since 1870, as there is no other existing record of the loans’ expenditure. This fund, however, includes, besides loan moneys, receipts in aid from stamp duties, &c. The balance unaccounted for, set down above as “Unapportioned,” includes the old provincial loans, loans not accounted for, and unexpended balances. Treasury Bills, amounting to £810,000—of which £334,000 were in aid of revenue, and £476,000 to redeem guaranteed debentures—are not included. As a set-off against the public debt there was an Accrued Sinking Fund amounting to £951,924 on 31st March, 1894, and £751,932 on 31st March, 1895.
(b) Rates of Interest.
Rate. |
Amounts Outstanding. |
7 |
£15,000 |
6 ¼ |
35,000 |
6 |
176,900 |
5 |
1,137,300 |
4 ½ |
2,388,400 |
Rate. |
Amounts Outstanding |
4 |
£31,167,702 |
3 ½ |
5,466,351 |
Nil (overdue) |
311 |
Total, 31st March, 1895 £40,386,964 |
(c) Annual Charge for Debt, on 31st March, 1895. |
|
Amount. |
Average Rate. |
Annual Interest |
£1,616,225 |
3·30% |
Sinking Fund |
40,746 |
£10% |
Total |
£1,656,971 |
4·40% |
(d) When Repayable.
Year. |
Amount. |
1895 |
{£311* |
|
£136,408 |
1896 |
491,200 |
1897 |
305,890 |
1898 |
1,540,200 |
1899 |
279,302 |
1900 |
50,000 |
1905 |
102,600 |
1907 |
1,000,000 |
1908 |
184,000 |
1909 |
40,000 |
1910 |
183,025 |
1913 |
£506,500 |
1914 |
367,100 |
1915 |
3,800 |
1916 |
12,200 |
1929 (Inscribed Stock London) |
29,150,302 |
1940 (Inscribed Stock London) |
5,308,326 |
Annual drawings |
725,800 |
Total, Mar. 31, 1895 |
£40,386,964† |
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12. Income Tax.
Levied on all incomes over £300 not derived from land, with an exemption of first £300 and a further exemption up to £50 for Life Assurance Premiums paid, at the following rates for 1893–4:—
First taxable £1000 |
6d. in £1 |
Over £1000 |
1s. in £1 |
(Note.—No exemption to absentees or companies. Dividends from companies are not included in individual incomes, but are taxed as Companies’ Income. Companies pay the higher rate.)
Revenue, 1893–4 |
£75,238 |
Revenue, 1894–5 |
89,892 |
Of which the proportion payable by companies is 53 per cent.
No. of taxpayers, 1892–3 (including 237 companies) |
3,448 |
Proportion to adult male population, nearly 2 per cent.
13. Land Tax.
Land Tax is at the rate of 1d. in £1 on the value of land, less improvements and mortgages, after deducting an exemption of £500 on estates of an unimproved value of £1500 or under, and a gradually diminishing exemption up to £2500, when the exemption vanishes. (Mortgagees are taxed as if holders of land.)
Graduated Land Tax, in addition, on estates of an unimproved value (including mortgages) of £5000 or upwards. Rate of tax is graduated, commencing with ⅛ penny, and gradually increasing by eighths to a maximum of 2d. on properties valued at £210,000 or upwards. (Absentees pay 20 per cent. additional.)
(a) Land Owners in New Zealand— |
|
|
|
|
Percentage. |
Paying tax |
12,360 |
13 ½ |
Exempt from tax |
79,141 |
86 ½ |
Total |
91,501* |
100 |
(b) Value of Private Land—
Without improvements— |
Acres. |
Percentage. |
Taxed |
48,480,000 |
53 |
Exempt |
5,947,175 |
6 |
|
54,427,175 |
59 |
Improvements |
37,943,991 |
41 |
Total |
92,371,166 |
100 |
(c) Land Tax Payable 1893–4—
Ordinary |
£202,000 |
Graduated |
83,000 |
Total |
£285,000 |
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(d) Cost of Collection (average)—
Per £100 revenue from Land and Income Taxes |
£4 18 6 |
(e) Occupations of Taxpayers, 1892–3.
|
Ordinary Land Tax. |
|
Graduated Land Tax. |
|
Income Tax. |
|
Designation. |
No. of Payers. |
Amount. |
No. of Payers. |
Amount. |
No. of Payers. |
Amount. |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
Professional — clergymen, lawyers, doctors, authors, editors, engineers, surveyors, and architects |
449 |
6,612 |
42 |
755 |
652 |
6,153 |
Civil servants, officers of local bodies, teachers, &c. |
173 |
773 |
5 |
10 |
391 |
1,498 |
Retired professional men, merchants, and others |
154 |
6,610 |
45 |
1,660 |
89 |
692 |
Merchants, importers, warehousemen, contractors, &c.—firms |
92 |
2,603 |
22 |
243 |
111 |
8,383 |
Merchants, importers, warehousemen, contractors, &c.—persons |
300 |
5,770 |
56 |
1,306 |
127 |
2,010 |
Tradesmen, wholesale and retail shopkeepers, storekeepers, carriers, &c. |
1,251 |
6,182 |
41 |
204 |
558 |
5,592 |
Working storemen, mechanics, labourers, shepherds, miners, sailors, &c. |
220 |
474 |
2 |
7 |
29 |
62 |
Manufacturers, brewers, millers, founders, sawmillers, shipbuilders, &c. |
170 |
1,697 |
19 |
175 |
139 |
2,280 |
Graziers, sheepfarmers, farmers, dairymen, &c. |
4,760 |
60,203 |
766 |
28,015 |
97 |
1,123 |
Land, commission, or general agents, auctioneers, accountants, brokers, commercial and other managers, clerks, bookkeepers, master mariners |
397 |
4,220 |
35 |
323 |
914 |
6,112 |
Widows, wives’ trustees, spinsters |
1,837 |
13,574 |
57 |
689 |
58 |
483 |
Other trust estates and estates of deceased persons |
|
1,522 |
33,455 |
210 |
6,738 |
26 |
362 |
Absentees |
784 |
21,053 |
114 |
4,109 |
20 |
139 |
Companies— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banks |
6 |
4,596 |
6 |
2,512 |
4 |
3,076 |
Life insurance |
6 |
6,771 |
6 |
446 |
8 |
4,573 |
Loan |
30 |
26,567 |
14 |
2,700 |
15 |
1,656 |
Land |
19 |
16,579 |
13 |
15,232 |
3 |
396 |
Mercantile |
36 |
4,850 |
9 |
492 |
84 |
10,960 |
Manufacturing |
23 |
1,832 |
8 |
463 |
44 |
5,254 |
Manufacturing and mercantile |
15 |
1,495 |
5 |
791 |
21 |
3,336 |
Mining (coal) |
6 |
92 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
1,325 |
Mining (gold) |
|
|
|
|
23 |
2,735 |
Fire and marine insurance |
9 |
2,631 |
3 |
221 |
28 |
5,427 |
Building societies |
37 |
1,968 |
1 |
19 |
|
|
Church property— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporation and trusts |
64 |
1,974 |
10 |
762 |
|
|
Totals |
12,360 |
232,581 |
1,491 |
67,880 |
3,448 |
73,627 |
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14. Chief Exports, 1893.
I. Home Products.
(a) Animal Products— |
|
Value. |
Wool |
£3,774,738 |
Meats—Frozen |
1,085,16 |
Meats—Preserved |
46,601 |
Butter |
254,645 |
Cheese |
99,626 |
Tallow |
183,588 |
Skins—Sheep |
172,294 |
Skins—Rabbit |
138,952 |
Skins—Sausage |
29,407 |
Hides |
8,390 |
Live stock (chiefly horses) |
32,639 |
Other |
16,893 |
Total |
£5,842,940 |
(b) Agricultural Products—
Flour |
£13,932 |
Grain—Wheat |
343,626 |
Grain—Oats |
190,094 |
Grain—Other |
49,677 |
Potatoes |
23,308 |
Seeds—Grass and Clover |
57,554 |
Bran and Sharps |
12,075 |
Oatmeal |
11,086 |
Hops |
9,668 |
Other |
5,526 |
Total |
£716,546 |
(c) Minerals—
|
Value. |
Gold |
£915,921 |
Coal |
72,699 |
Other |
15,561 |
Total |
£1,004,181 |
(d) Timber, &c.
Timber |
£108,275 |
Kauri-gum |
510,775 |
Other Products |
6,724 |
Total |
£625,774 |
(e) Manufactures. |
Phormium (N.Z. Flax) |
£219,375 |
Leather |
71,004 |
Woollen Goods |
7,434 |
Soap |
4,427 |
Other |
43,396 |
Total |
£345,636 |
(f) Fish |
£9647 |
(g) Miscellaneous |
£12,719 |
Total I.—N.Z. Products |
£8,557,443 |
Total II.—Specie |
304,519 |
Total III.—Re-exports |
123,402 |
Grand Total |
£8,985,364 |
15. Public and Private Lands at end of 1893.
Private Land—
Alienated in fee simple— |
Acres. |
Sold |
13,608,838 |
Granted without purchase |
7,093,162* |
In process of alienation under deferred payment system |
435,600 |
|
21,137,600page 454 |
Crown Lands— |
Acres. |
Under Perpetual Lease with right of purchase |
1,100,537 |
Under Occupation with right of purchase |
138,073 |
Lease in Perpetuity (999 years) |
208,785 |
Under Depasturing Leases† |
11,896,110 |
Small Grazing Runs† |
893,874 |
Maori Lands |
14,000,000 |
State Forest Reserves |
1,136,467 |
Remainder of Public Estate |
16,350,018 |
Total Area of Colony |
66,861,464 |
Note.—Of the 31,700,000 acres of unalienated Crown lands (exclusive of Maori lands) nearly 10,000,000 acres are forests; 9,000,000 barren mountain tops, lakes, &c.; and the remainder open fern or grass country. The Maori lands also embrace large forest spaces. The rental of land selected with right of purchase is 5 per cent., and of a lease in perpetuity 4 per cent. of the cash price of the land. Right of purchase can only be exercised in the former case after ten years’ residence.
16. Occupied Holdings 1891 (over 1 acre).
|
Acreage (000′s omitted). |
Size of Holdings. |
No. of Holdings. |
Freehold. |
Leasehold, &c.∗ |
Total. |
Acres. |
|
|
|
|
1- |
11,116 |
28, |
24, |
52, |
10- |
8,899 |
149, |
106, |
255, |
50- |
5,613 |
277, |
158, |
435, |
100- |
6,851 |
655, |
374, |
1,029, |
200- |
3,916 |
610, |
403, |
1,013, |
320- |
3,802 |
1,058, |
660, |
1,718, |
640- |
1,321 |
662, |
396, |
1,058, |
1,000- |
1,675 |
2,144, |
1,281, |
3,425, |
5,000- |
247 |
1,209, |
560, |
1,769, |
10,000- |
189 |
1,911, |
788, |
2,699, |
20,000- |
117 |
2,508, |
833, |
3,341, |
50,000- |
24 |
802, |
723, |
1,525, |
Upwards of 100,000 |
7 |
397, |
681, |
1,078, |
Total |
43,777 |
12,410, |
6,987, |
19,397, |
17. Agriculture, 1893–4.
Land Under— |
Acres. |
Produce. |
Wheat |
242,737 |
4,891,695 bush. |
Oats |
376,646 |
12,153,068 bush. |
Barley |
28,857 |
724,653 bush. |
Maize |
5,116 |
224,539 bush. |
Other Cereals |
16,494 |
444,126 bush. |
Potatoes |
21,121 |
126,540 tons. |
Hay |
60,740 |
86,198 tons. |
Green Forage (exclusive of grass) |
517,747 |
—page 455 |
Mangolds, Beet, Carrots, &c. |
7,021 |
— |
Hops |
778 |
7,665 cwt. |
Tobacco |
4 |
2,290 lb. drd.leaf. |
Gardens and Orchards |
31,060 |
Other Crops |
5,291 |
In Fallow |
142,342 |
Total Tillage |
1,455,954 |
Under Permanent Artificial Grass |
8,638,157 |
Produce Per Acre.
Wheat |
20·05 bush. |
Oats |
32·27 bush. |
Barley |
25·51 bush. |
Maize |
43·39 bush. |
Other Cereals |
26·63 bush. |
Potatoes |
5·59 tons |
Hay |
1·12 tons |
18.—Minerals Obtained up to end of 1893.
|
Quantity. |
Value. |
Gold |
12,600,944 ozs. |
£49,566,878 |
Silver |
667,762 ozs. |
153,887 |
Coal |
5,653,063 tons |
} |
Brown Coal and Lignite |
2,843,786 tons |
4,502,290 |
Kauri Gum |
— |
6,860,196 |
Manganese Ore |
17,297 tons. |
56,107 |
Antimony Ore, &c. |
3,481 tons. |
49,507 |
Chrome Ore |
5,666 tons. |
37,367 |
Other Minerals |
— |
111,757 |
Total |
£61,337,989 |
19.—Manufactories, Works, &c., Censuses 1881 and 1891.
(Including Gold-quartz and Hydraulic Mining Works, Collieries and Stone Quarries; but exclusive of Government Printing Office and Railway Workshops.)
|
1881. |
1891. |
No. of Manufactories, &c. |
1,643 |
2,570 |
Hands Employed— |
|
|
Males |
16,599 |
26,911 |
Females |
1,399 |
2,969 |
Horse Power Employed |
13,315 |
33,392 |
Wages Paid Annually To— |
|
|
Males |
£2,106,860 |
Females |
£102,999 |
Total |
£2,209,859page 456 |
|
£ |
£ |
Value of Articles Produced |
*7,436,649 |
9,422,146 |
Value of Materials Used |
Not stated |
3,472,000 |
Value of Machinery and Plant |
1,612,141 |
3,051,699 |
Value of Lands and Buildings |
1,993,141 |
2,775,277 |
19a.—Production and Employment in Chief Manufactories 1891.
|
Annual Output. |
Hands Employed. |
|
£ |
|
Meat-freezing, Preserving, and Boiling-down Works |
1,464,659 |
1,568 |
Tanning, Fellmongering, and Wool-scouring Establishments |
1,026,349 |
1,196 |
Grain Mills |
991,812 |
499 |
Saw Mills |
832,959 |
3,266 |
Boot and Shoe Factories |
403,736 |
1,943 |
Iron and Brass Foundries, Boiler Manufacturers, and Millwrights |
403,635 |
1,787 |
Printing Establishments |
354,559 |
2,569 |
Breweries |
300,508 |
476 |
Collieries |
279,777 |
1,655 |
Woollen Mills |
279,175 |
1,175 |
Gold-mining, &c., Works |
278,893 |
1,971 |
Flax Mills |
234,266 |
3,204 |
All Others |
2,571,818 |
8,571 |
Total |
£9,422,146 |
29,880 |
20.—Timber Industry, 1890.
No. of Mills |
243 |
Hands Employed |
3,266 |
Horse Power Employed |
4,637 |
Timber Worked Up during Year—
|
Quantity. |
Value. |
Sawn |
162,116,221 feet |
£566,535 |
Posts and Rails |
— |
56,293 |
Re-sawing, Planed Flooring, Skirting, &c. |
30,451,949 feet |
144,095 |
Moulding |
8,436,584 run. feet |
25,786 |
Doors and Sashes |
52,275 No. |
40,250 |
Total Value |
£832,959 |
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21. Government Railways, 1893–4 (Gauge 3ft. 6in.)
Miles Open— |
|
At End of Year |
1,948 miles. |
Per 1000 Inhabitants |
2·20 miles. |
Average for Year |
1.917 miles. |
Capital Cost |
£15,137,036 |
Average per Mile |
£7,771 |
Revenue Account— |
|
Gross Receipts |
£1,172,792 |
Average per train mile |
90½d. |
Working Expenses |
£735,538 |
Average per train mile |
563/4d. |
Percentage of Receipts |
62·2 |
Net Receipts |
£437,434 |
Percentage of Mean Capital Cost |
2·23 |
Traffic— |
|
Train Mileage |
3,113,231 |
Per Head of Population |
7·71 |
Passenger Journeys |
6,122,340 |
Average per mile open |
3,194 |
Goods Carried (tons) |
2,198,709 |
Average per mile open |
1,110 |
22. State Primary Education, 1893.
Schools (No.) |
1,355 |
Teachers (including 160 sewing mistresses) |
3,426 |
Scholars— |
|
Gross Enrolment |
163,105 |
Distinct Children |
138,500 |
Daily Attendance (average) |
98,615 |
Percentage of Enrolments |
60·0 |
Expenditure defrayed by— |
|
State |
£349,688 |
Education Reserves Fund |
37,170 |
Local Sources |
2,902 |
Total |
£389,760 |
Cost of Instruction per head of Mean Population |
£0 11 9 |
Cost of Instruction per head in Average Attendance |
3 19 0 |
Note.—The system of education is secular, compulsory, and free. The compulsory school age is 7 to 13.
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23. State Life Insurance, 1893.
|
Percentage of Assurances in-all Offices. |
Policies in Force |
31,709 |
53 |
Sums Assured and Bonuses |
£9,098,000 |
54 |
Annual Income |
£362,000 |
Funds |
£2,129,000 |
Note.—Amongst Policy-holders the most numerous are Farmers, Government Officials, Labourers, Clerks, Railway Employés, Farm Labourers, and Miners.
24. Public Trust Office.
Estates Remaining at end of 1893.
|
No. |
Value. |
Wills and Trusts |
371 |
£543,238 |
Intestate Estates |
886 |
84,436 |
Unclaimed Realty |
117 |
23,465 |
Lunatic Estates |
271 |
51,278 |
Native Reserves |
102 |
348,500 |
West Coast Settlement Reserves |
293 |
400,000 |
Total |
2,040 |
£1,450,917 |
25. Government Advances to Settlers. (Act passed in 1894.)
Amount Authorized |
£3,000,000 |
Borrowed in London to 30th June, 1895 |
£1,500,000 |
Rate of Interest, Nominal |
3% |
Proceeds |
£1,416,600 |
Applications for Advances to 30th June, 1895—
|
No. |
Amount. |
Received |
2,156 |
£884,453 |
Dealt with |
1,552 |
559,855 |
Approved |
965 |
354,907 |
Note.—The object of this measure is to reduce the rate of interest payable by producers in the Colony, and it is stated that it has to a certain extent already achieved that object.
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D. MAORIS.
1. Number of Maoris (approximate only).
|
1881. |
1891. |
Males |
24,368 |
22,861 |
Females |
19,729 |
19,132 |
Total |
44,097 |
41,993 |
2. Tribal Population, 1891.
|
Ages. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Tribe. |
Under 15. |
|
Over 15. |
|
Total Population. |
|
|
|
Male. |
Female. |
Male. |
Female. |
Male. |
Female. |
Persons. |
Arawa
|
678 |
564 |
1,369 |
1,102 |
2,047 |
1,666 |
3,713 |
Muaupoko
|
6 |
2 |
45 |
36 |
51 |
38 |
89 |
Ngatiporou |
628 |
581 |
1,348 |
1,138 |
1,976 |
1,719 |
3,695 |
Ngatikahungunu |
938 |
796 |
1,963 |
1,497 |
2,901 |
2,293 |
5,194 |
Ngaiterangi |
235 |
192 |
505 |
384 |
740 |
576 |
1,316 |
Ngapuhi
|
1,357 |
1,205 |
2,095 |
1,657 |
3,452 |
2,862 |
6,314 |
Ngatimaniapoto |
284 |
256 |
527 |
464 |
811 |
720 |
1,531 |
Ngatimaru
|
203 |
188 |
542 |
416 |
745 |
604 |
1,349 |
Ngatiawa |
326 |
280 |
806 |
615 |
1,132 |
895 |
2,027 |
Ngatiraukawa |
291 |
248 |
576 |
484 |
867 |
732 |
1,599 |
Ngatiruanui |
107 |
67 |
373 |
288 |
480 |
355 |
835 |
Ngatiwhatua |
72 |
65 |
195 |
139 |
267 |
204 |
471 |
Rangitane
|
14 |
14 |
43 |
27 |
57 |
41 |
98 |
Rarawa
|
414 |
382 |
701 |
526 |
1,115 |
908 |
2,023 |
Taranaki
|
91 |
65 |
260 |
193 |
351 |
258 |
609 |
Urewera
|
204 |
245 |
418 |
344 |
622 |
589 |
1,211 |
Waikato
|
665 |
636 |
1,502 |
1,120 |
2,167 |
1,756 |
3,923 |
Whanau-a-Apanui |
142 |
108 |
225 |
221 |
367 |
329 |
696 |
Whanganui |
310 |
224 |
676 |
537 |
986 |
761 |
1,747 |
Whakatohea
|
101 |
99 |
179 |
167 |
280 |
266 |
546 |
Unspecified |
40 |
26 |
87 |
53 |
246 |
197 |
443∗ |
Others |
17 |
12 |
48 |
29 |
65 |
41 |
106 |
Population. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North Island
|
2,123 |
6,755 |
14,483 |
11,437 |
21,725 |
17,810 |
39,535* |
Middle Island |
374 |
366 |
598 |
543 |
973 |
910 |
1,883† |
Stewart Island
|
31 |
34 |
41 |
30 |
72 |
64 |
136 |
Chatham Islands: |
Maoris |
22 |
40 |
43 |
43 |
65 |
83 |
148 |
Morioris |
4 |
2 |
22 |
12 |
26 |
14 |
40 |
Maori Wives living with European husbands |
|
|
|
251 |
251 |
251 |
Totals |
7,554 |
6,697 |
15,187 |
12,316 |
22,861 |
19,132 |
41,993† |
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3. Parliamentary Representation.
The Maoris return four Maori members, representing four constituencies (three in the North Island and one in the Middle Island), to the House of Representatives; and two members of the Legislative Council are Aboriginal chiefs. In 1893, the number of Maoris (of both sexes) who voted at the General Election was 11,269, or about 27 per cent, of the total Maori population.
4. Education of Children, 1893.
No. of Native Village Schools |
66 |
Scholars attending Native and Public Schools |
2,570 |
Scholars attending Private Schools |
103 |
5. Chief Occupations.
Cultivating land.
Cutting flax.
Working at flax mills.
Stripping wattle bark.
Digging for kauri gum.
6. Agriculture, 1891.
Land under— |
Acres. |
Wheat |
11,203 |
Maize |
5,599 |
Potatoes |
16,093 |
Other crops |
16,220 |
Sown grasses |
26,718 |
Total |
75,833 |
7. Live Stock, 1891.
Sheep |
262,763 |
Cattle |
42,912 |
Pigs |
86,259 |
(The Maoris also possess horses.)