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VICTORIA.

Number of

Dates of census

Males

Females

Total

females to

every 1 00

males

May -2o. 1836

142

35

177

24-6

November 8, 1836

1S6

38

224

20-4

September 12, 1S38

3,080

431

3,511

14-0

March 2, 1841

8.274

3.464

11,738

41-9

„ 2. 1S46

20,184

12,695

32,879

62-9

„ 2, 1851

46,202

31,143

77,345

67-4

April 26, 1S54

155,876

80,900

236,776

51-9

March 29, 1857

264,334

146,432

410,766

55-4

April 7, 1S61 .

328,651

211,671

540,322

64-4

On March 31, 1870, the total population of Victoria had grown, according to the estimates of the Kegistrar- General of the colony, to 715,600, of which number 401,316 were males, and 314,284 females.

The following were the birthplaces of the population of each sex, according to the census of April 7, 1861 : —

Population

Birthplaces

Males

Females

Total

British : —

Victoria .....

69,389

68,686

138,075

Other Australian colonies and New

Zealand

10,336

9,500

19,386

England .....

108,037

61,549

169,586

Wales

4,333

1.722

6,055

Scotland .....

37,032

23,669

60.701

Ireland ......

47.176

39,984

87.160

British colonies (not Australian) .

2,575

915

3,490

India: British ....

437

217

654

„ Natives ....

188

16

204

Foreign : —

France ......

1,026

224

1,250

Germany .....

8,118

2,300

10,418

Other parts of Europe .

6,562

376

6,938

United States ....

2,209

345

2,554

China ......

24.724

8

24,732

Other countries

346

60

406

Born at sea

9S7

853

1,840

Unspecified (British names)

408

255

663

„ (Foreign) . _ .

31

9

40

(Names not mentioned) .

1,094

106

1,200

Of British parentage, out of British

possessions .....

770

409

1,179

Migratory (exclusive of Chinese) Total .

2,873

468

3,341

328,651

211,671

540,322