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have cost 19,864/., of the country settlers 4,S101. — in all 
'24,674/. The detached warehouses, shops, &c., in town, the 
barns and mills in the country, and the public buUdings, 
were estimated at 6,505/. 
As at Wellington, comparatively little has been done in the 
way of cultivation. In October 1843, 723 acres had been 
cleared ; of which 540 were arable, and 1 33 garden-grounds. 
The settlers possessed 50 horses, 436 grazing cattle, 1,130 
sheep, 1,152 swine, 2,202 head of poultry, with other do- 
mestic animals. Fifty miles of roads (exclusive of streets) 
had been made. 182,400 acres had been surveyed. 
New Plymouth. — The total White population of New Ply- 
mouth, at the end of August 1843, was 1,090. Of these, 
690 resided in the town, and 400 in the country. There 
were 616 males, and 474 females; giving an excess of 142 
males. The excess of males below 21 years of age — some- 
what more than half of the whole population — was only 35. 
Of the upper class may be reckoned, 28 capitalists cultivating 
their own land, 6 leasing land, 215 letting land to farmers; 
3 lawyers, 3 medical practitioners, 2 clergymen, 13 persons 
holding office under Government or the New Zealand Com- 
pany, or living on their means, 2 schoolmasters, 28 suryeyors 
—in all, 117. 
There were two ministers of religion, both Dissenters, in 
this community. Yet there were 401 members of the Church 
of England, 9 Roman Catholics, and only 185 Christians of 
other denominations. The report only mentions two schools ; 
one for the children of the wealthier class, attended by 3 
pupils ; one for the poorer classes, attended by 25. 
The cost of the dwelling-houses in town was estimated at 
9,517/., in the country at 3,157/.— in all, 12,674/. The cost 
of other buildings was estimated at 1 ,360/. 
When the report from which these details are taken was 
made, 250 acres of land were cleared and under cultivation 
at New Plymouth. The settlers possessed 102 grazing cattle, 
849 sheep, 332 swine, 1,063 head of poultry, with other 
domestic animals. Twenty-four miles of roads had been con- 
structed. 32,031 acres have been surveyed. 
The White population of the northern settlements, includiu^ 
Auckland, the Bay of Islands, and their dependencies, was 
