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In addition to the above the following buildings have been
erected:—
Factories and Warehouses 8
Stables and Sheds 5
Public Buildings 3
Alterations and additions to existing buildings 19
Lock-up Shops and Offices 2
Bakehouses 1
The total number of plans laid before the Council was 138, of
which 90 were approved, and 48 disapproved; the approved plans
representing 419 dwelling houses, q factories and warehouses,
9 stables and sheds, 3 public buildings, 45 alterations and additions
to existing buildings, 3 lock-up shops and offices, 1 bakehouse, the
construction and sewering of 4 new roads, and the extension of 2
existing roads, with a total length of carriageways of 1,424 yards (or
6 furlongs 19 poles), with 4,211 feet of 12 inch pipe sewer, and 4,156
feet of 12 inch surface water drain.
POPULATION.
The total number of completed houses in December, 1904, was
8,011, allowing 6 908 per cent for empty houses, and calculating 5 66
persons to each occupied house, the population at the end of the
year was 42,212.
By a similar calculation the population in December, 1903, was
39,648.
The mean of these numbers 40,930 would represent the population
in June, 1904, and I have taken 40,930 as the average
population of the District for the purposes of the present report.
BIRTHS.
1,161 Births were registered during the year, 565 boys and 596
girls, which correspond to an annual rate of 28.34 Per 1,000 of the
population.