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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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Statistics of the Nelson Region

Urban Population
Town	1911	1936	1951	1961	1961 Maoris
Nelson	8,051	12,076	16,829	23,971	280
Richmond	703	1,138	1,973	3,482	15
Motueka	1,229	2,169	2,464	3,310	72
Total	9,983	15,383	21,266	30,763	367

Land Occupation
County	Average Area of Holdings 1960	Area Occupied 1960
	acres	acres
Golden Bay	596	218,080
Waimea	376	567,712

County Population
County	1911	1936	1951	1961	1961 Maoris
Golden Bay	3,026	3,516	3,819	3,672	39
Waimea	8,626	12,506	15,367	14,103	477
Total county	11,652	16,024	19,186	17,775	516
Total region	21,645	31,407	40,452	48,538	883

Cows in Milk
County		Cows in Milk		Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn 1960
	1921–22	1951–52	1959–60
Golden Bay	5,362	9,699	10,550	12·42
Waimeas	7,086	10,200	9,834	2·96
Total	12,448	19,899	20,384	..

Co-creator

Samuel Harvey Franklin, B.COM.GEOG., M.A.(BIRMINGHAM), Senior Lecturer, Geography Department, Victoria University of Wellington.