The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 		

Year	Nelson	Wellington
1842		4000
1850		4000
1858	2701	4516
1861	3734	4176
1864	4701	4741
1867	5652	7460
1871	5534	7908
1874	5662	10547
1878	6604	18953
1881	6764	20563
1886	7315	27833
1891	6626	33244
1896	6659	41758
1901	7167	49344
1906	8164	63807
1911	8051	70729
1916	9962	95235
1921	10632	107488

Source: Statistics New Zealand		

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