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with the different countries from which she receives her supply of 

 immigrants. Her proportion being only 0*38 per cent., is 6*13 

 times less than that of Africa ; 11 '44 less than that of Asia; and 

 8-68 less than that of the other countries. 



If we take the religion of the offenders as a starting point for 

 comparison, we arrive at the following remarkable results : 



Church of England. 2,473 offenders ; yearly average, 495 ; 

 members, 17,000 ; ratio, 2'95 per cent. 



Catholic Church. 1844 offenders; yearly average, 369; mem- 

 bers, 45,000 ; ratio, 0-82 per cent. 



Wesleyan Methodist. 52 offenders ; yearly average, 1040 ; 

 members, 2,550; ratio, 0*41 per cent. 



Presbyterians. 64 offenders ; yearly average, 13 ; members, 

 1,050 ; ratio, 1-23 per cent. 



Baptists. 1 offender ; yearly average, 20 ; members, 449 ; 

 ratio, 0'04 per cent. 



Mahometanism. 48 offenders ; yearly average, 10 : followers, 

 1,025 ; ratio, 0'97 per cent. 



Heathenism (Chinese and Hindoos). 1,342 offenders; yearly 

 average, 268 ; adherents, 6,700 ; ratio, 4 per cent., and only 

 0*89 if we take 300 as the average of ordinary offences for the 

 five years, and 60 as the yearly average. 



The Church of England gives the largest number of offenders, 

 viz., 2*95 per cent., which is attributable to the influx of the dregs 

 of the old colonies. 



The Roman Catholic church gives 0-82 per cent., or three 

 and a half times less than the Established Church. By taking all 

 the Protestant communities collectively, we have the following 

 result : 2,599 offenders ; yearly average, 520 ; members, 21,500; 

 ratio, 2 '41. And yet, as already mentioned, the Catholic church 

 labours in this colony under many disadvantages ; its members 

 are scattered all over the colony, and they, on an average, receive 

 a far less share of attention than the other sects, in consequence 

 of the paucity of ministers. What might not be the results, did 

 the Catholic church receive that share of support to which it is 

 entitled by treaty, and by the precedent of years, a support 

 which the above statistical facts prove it well deserves, but which 

 our rulers dispute, or, at best, dole out with a reluctant hand. 



By taking the different counties separately, we arrive at the 

 following conclusions : 



