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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 West Coast Region

Urban Population
Town	1911	1936	1951	1961	1961 Maoris
Westport	4,729	4,241	5,505	5,460	20
Runanga	1,091	1,647	1,828	1,735	10
Greymouth	5,469	8,115	8,865	8,881	45
Brunner	1,007	998	1,113	1,073	18
Hokitika	2,291	2,689	2,986	3,007	37
Reefton	1,544	1,444	1,787	1,750	19
Total	16,131	19,134	22,084	21,906	149

County Population
County	1911	1936	1951	1961	1961 Maoris
Buller	6,682	6,350	4,996	4,088	27
Murchison	1,014	1,919	1,393	1,448	23
Inangahua	2,959	2,447	1,933	1,331	33
Grey	6,111	5,698	5,118	4,767	39
Westland	4,274	6,505	5,493	5,335	134
Total county	21,040	22,919	18,933	16,969	256
Total region	37,171	42,053	41,017	38,875	405

Land Occupation
County	Average Area of Holdings 1960	Area Occupied 1960
	acres	acres
Buller	290	83,820
Murchison	1,469	224,805
Inangahua	540	91,176
Grey	547	197,604
Westland	1,069	548,243

Cows in Milk
County	Cows in Milk			Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn 1960
	1921–22	1951–52	1959–60
Buller	5,171	6,875	7,036	100·17
Murchison	3,086	3,963	4,048	6·69
Inangahua	2,234	2,059	1,836	4·55
Grey	4,573	4,276	3,872	6·32
Westland	5,599	9,814	10,523	16·70
Total	20,663	26,987	27,315	..

Co-creator

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