POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND.
| European. In | 1844 | the total European population was | 13,128 |
| " | 1851 | " | 26,707 |
| " | 1856 | " | 45,540 |
| " | 1861 | " | 99,021 |
| " | 1866 | " | 204,114 |
| " | 1871 | " | 256,393 |
| " | 1874 | " | 299,684 |
| " | 1879-80 | " | 463,729 |
| Maori. In | 1820 | the total Maori population was | 100,000 (supposed). |
| " | 1874 | " | 46,016 |
| " | 1879-80 | " | 42,819 |
The present total population of all New Zealand, both of Europeans and Maoris, may be set down at 506,548.