I have been able to obtain the following census items. A large number of returns are still absent owing to the extent of the districts and the scattered population. The present population of Wellington city is returned at f«> '-m a Sillnst 20,563 under the census of lSbl ihe increase is therefore nearly 0000 or 'Alt far,. sho. rt of oO per cent, in five yews Other districts show the following returns-— Counties: Hutc, 10,000; Manawatu, 20S8- Oraua, 8353; Horowheuua, 953. Electoral dis tricts : Waikato, 2395; Thames, 5038 • Waito tara, 5077; Egmont. 6429; ■ Waitoh'i, CSS3 liivercargill (electorate), 7501. Borourfis •' jhames, 4460; Oamaru, 5379; Invercargill' o2U; East Invercargiil, 811 ; North Inver cargill, 785; Avenal, 3G4; Gladstone, 324- Palmerston South, 8S1; Hampden, 332- Hawksbury, 759 ; Wanganui, 4900; l^lmerston North, 2092 ; Fielding, 1295; Foxton, 7-J4.
