704

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Years

Schools

Scholars

Males

Females

Total

1865 1866 1867

1,069 1,155 1,180

27,867 31,183 32,971

25,586 28,411 30,212

53,453 59,554 63,183

The religious division of the inhabitants was as follows, accord- ing to the census of 1851 and of 18G1 : —

Denominations

Numbers

Proportion per 1,000

1851

1861

18S1

1861

Church of England

93,137

159,958

498

456

Presbyterians

18,156

34,692

97

99

Wesleyans .

.

10,008

23,682

53

67

Congregationalists Other Protestants

1

6,472

f 5,411^ \ 9,863/

35

44

Roman Catholics

56,899

99,193

304

283

Hebrews

979

1,759

5

4

Mahometans and Asiatic cr

eeds .

852

12,909

4

37

All others .

740

3,393

4

10

The sums paid out of the State fnnds for religious purposes, principally in salaries, were as follows in the year 18G7 : —

Church of England Roman Catholics . Presbyterians

Wesleyans

Total

There are in the colony, 270 churches and 447 chapels, or buildings used as such, the average attendance at which was 135,263 during the year 1867.

£

s.

. 15,727

3

8,342

7

. 3,277

15

. 1,807

4

. 29,154

9

Trade and Industry.

The trade of New South Wales more than quintupled in the period 1850-68 ; but the imports into the colony increased at a lesser ratio than the exports. The total value of the imports in 1850 amounted to 2,078,338/., and in 1868 to 8,051,377/. The exports

in 1850 were valued at 1,038,340/., and in 1868 at 7,192,904/.