1862 - Richardson, J. L. C. Sketch of Otago, New Zealand, as a Field of British Emigration - Appendix, p 67-80

       
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  1862 - Richardson, J. L. C. Sketch of Otago, New Zealand, as a Field of British Emigration - Appendix, p 67-80
 
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APPENDIX.

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APPENDIX.

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APPENDIX.

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Extract from Dr Thomson's Deport in the Parliamentary Blue Book of New Zealand, 7th August 1851.

Number of British Soldiers in 1000 annually attacked by different Diseases on various Stations.

New
Zealand.

Great
Britain.

Australia.

Cape of
Good Hope.

Malta.

Consumption

6O

148

133

98

120

Fever

14

78

65

88

173

Diseases of
Stomach and Bowels,

60

94

153

126

155

Liver Complaint

7

8

15

22

21

Total

141

328

366

334

469

Number of British Soldiers in 1000 annually attacked and earned off by Pectoral Diseases on various Stations.

Attacked.

Deaths.

New Zealand

60

2.7

Cape of Good Hope

98

3.0

Malta

120

6.0

Australia

133

5.8

Canada

148

6.7

Great Britain

148

8.0

Number of British Soldiers in 1000 who annually die from different Diseases on various Stations.

New Zealand

8.25

Canada

20.

Great Britain

14.

Cape of Good Hope

15.

Australia

11.

Malta

18.

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RETURN of LAND in the Province of OTAGO, shewing the quantity included in Hundreds, and otherwise.

Square Miles.

Total gross Area of the Province,

23,090

Acres.

Square Miles.

Occupied by Sheep or Cattle Runs,

8,307,200

12,980

Occupied as Hundreds up to date,

968,320

1,513

Not occupied, and barren,

5,502,080

8,597

14,777,600

23,090

23,090

List of Hundreds shewing Area, in Acres and Square Miles.

 

Acres.

Square Miles.

Dunedin,

72,320

113

East Taieri,

73,600

115

West Taieri,

60,160

94

North Tokomairiro,

70,400

110

South Tokomairiro,

70,400

110

Waihola,

70,400

110

West Clutha,

53,760

84

East Clutha,

46,720

73

Oamaru,

87,040

136

Otepopo,

53,760

84

Moeraki,

65,920

103

Hawksbury,

71,040

111

Waikouaiti,

25,600

40

New Southern Hundreds.

Waitahuna,

40,960

64

Pomahaka,

46.080

72

Popotunoa,

60,160

94

968,320

1513

Amount of Revenue received for the year 1861 on account of Pastoral Runs, viz.:--

Assessment on Stock,

£2,488 17 8

License Fees,

2.151 5 0

£4,640 2 8

Amount of Land Revenue from the Sale of Land during the same period, -- £66,840 0 5

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TABLE shewing the Amount of GOLD received by each Escort from the various Gold Fields since their opening.

Compiled from the Receiving Officer's Returns.

TABLE shewing the Amount of GOLD received by each Escort from the various Gold Fields since their opening.

RETURN shewing the Quantity, Value, and Duty on Gold exported from August 1861 (opening of the Gold Field) to March 31, 1862.

RETURN shewing the Quantity, Value, and Duty on Gold exported from August 1861 (opening of the Gold Field) to March 31, 1862.

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PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

LAND REVENUE FROM 1854 TO 1861 INCLUSIVE.

PROVINCE OF OTAGO.
LAND REVENUE FROM 1854 TO 1861 INCLUSIVE.

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SUMMARY of ASSISTED EMIGRANTS dispatched to Otago, from August 1855 to October 1861.

SUMMARY of ASSISTED EMIGRANTS dispatched to Otago, from August 1855 to October 1861.

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CENSUS of the Province of OTAGO, December 1861.

CENSUS of the Province of OTAGO, December 1861.

* Inclusive of 106 Officers and Soldiers of H. M. 70th Regiment of Infantry.

There are supposed to have been about 3000 Miners not included, who were in tents in different gullies and on the roads.

TABLE shewing the EUROPEAN POPULATION of the Province of OTAGO in each Year, from 1848 to 1861 inclusive.

TABLE shewing the EUROPEAN POPULATION of the Province of OTAGO in each Year, from 1848 to 1861 inclusive.

* There are supposed to have been about 3000 Miners not included, who were in tents in different gullies and on the roads.

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CENSUS of the Province of OTAGO, December 1861.

CENSUS of the Province of OTAGO, December 1861.

* Inclusive of 106 Officers and Soldiers of H. M. 70th Regiment of Infantry.

About 3000 in addition were calculated to be wandering among the gullies and encamped on the road sides as travellers.

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CENSUS of the Province of OTAGO, December 1861.

CENSUS of the Province of OTAGO, December 1861.

Note.- -The figures under each separate District do not indicate precisely the amount of Stock actually within that particular District, as in some instances the owners of Stock returned the same in the District in which they happened to return their own names, while the Stock, or a portion thereof, might be in a different District. The same explanation is applicable to the return of Crops.

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CENSUS of the Province of OTAGO, December 1861.

CENSUS of the Province of OTAGO, December 1861.

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EDUCATION

TABULAR VIEW of the Expenditure incurred by the Provincial Council on account of EDUCATION in the School Districts of the Province of Otago, for each Year from March 1856 to September 1861; exclusive of the cost of Management, Teachers' Passages from Britain, Maps, Globes, &c.; with a Statement of the number of Schools, and the Population for each year.

TABULAR VIEW of the Expenditure incurred by the Provincial Council on account of EDUCATION...

The foregoing Amount was Expended as follows:--

1. Buildings and Rental of School Premises, - - £6,404 9 2

2. Fencing School Buildings and Teachers' Glebes, - - 414 16 2

3. Teachers' Salaries, - - - - - - - 5,313 11 9

4. Other current expenses, - - - - - - 421 0 1

TOTAL EXPENDITURE, - - - - - - - - - - £12,553 17 2

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ABSTRACT of the Value of IMPORTS and EXPORTS, and of the REVENUE for the Province of OTAGO, from 1848 to 1861.

ABSTRACT of the Value of IMPORTS and EXPORTS, and of the REVENUE for the Province of OTAGO, from 1848 to 1861.

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RETURN of the Number of Vessels entered Inwards and Outwards at the Port of Otago, shewing the aggregate Tonnage from 1848 to 1861.

RETURN of the Number of Vessels entered Inwards and Outwards at the Port of Otago, shewing the aggregate Tonnage from 1848 to 1861.

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POST-OFFICE RETURNS.

Return of Letters and Newspapers conveyed between Dunedin and the undermentioned Provinces of New Zealand during the year 1861.

Return of Letters and Newspapers conveyed between Dunedin and the undermentioned Provinces of New Zealand during the year 1861.

Return of Letters and Newspapers conveyed between Dunedin and the several District Post-Offices during the year 1861.

Return of Letters and Newspapers conveyed between Dunedin and the several District Post-Offices during the year 1861.

* This Return is up to the 30th September I860.

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SUMMARY of WEATHER at DUNEDIN, from the Year 1852 to 1861.

Temperature * and Rain ** at Dunedin for the year ending 30th June 1861, and its Results, as compared with the nine preceding years.

Winds at Dunedin for the year ending 30th June 1861, and its Results, as compared with the nine preceding years.

SUMMARY of WEATHER at DUNEDIN, from the Year 1852 to 1861.

* Mean Temperature of London, 49.6; of Auckland (N. Z.), 59.1; of Wellington (N. Z.), 58.2; and of Otago (N. Z.), 50.23.

** In Rome, 36 inches of rain fall annually; in Naples, 37; in Quebec, 40; in New York, 55; in Dublin, 31; in Plymouth, 40; in London, 24 in 178 days; in Auckland (N.Z.), 48 in 170 days; in Wellington (N. Z.), 46 in 154 days; and in Otago (N. Z.), 28 3/4 in 133 days.

Note. --This Table has been derived from the careful observations of the Rev. THOMAS BURNS, D. D., of Dunedin.

JOHN BAXTER, PRINTER, JAMES COURT, HEAD OF MOUND, EDINBURGH.



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VIEW OF PART OF DUNEDIN, 1862
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From a Photograph by Meluish
VIEW OF PART OF DUNEDIN, 1862
Lithog by W & K. Johnston, Edin.
From a Photograph by Meluish

Lithog. by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinr



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GABRIELS GULLY -- TAUPEKA GOLD FIELD OTAGO
From a Phot. by Meluish
Lithog. by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh

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