36 Observations upon the Census. 
The Mahommedans and Pagans show a reduction of 8 in 
number, there having been 29 in 1848, and 21 returned in 
the last Census. 
The industrial occupations of the people, with a compa- 
ison of the return under the former Census, may be thus 
grouped :— 
1848 1851 
per cent. per cent. 
Landed Proprietors, Merchants, Bankers, 
and Professional persons ......:ssssseseeeeeee 214 2? 
Shopkeepers and other Retail Dealers........ TG Yon Ps 
Mechanics and Artificers .............0+ssrssesse {9D ae Ge 
I ape TS Mu ae eel Esso cohc ye Rene oe noe oe 3°69 
Market Gardeners. ise. J3c505 We taenteacces eeceees ee 0°4 
pile go le Gal Sich oa ee cele sap lteaee uae dee cueeeatens aapok OG jue 
Gardeners, Stockmen, and Farm Servants.. 16°66 14° 
MD OMESEIE Ser VaNtey,, exiadnveinacsaereveseeancvereees 6°39) a 33: 
HWiicenseda Oa tMmemyueecr teense ee eerea neers fats 0°5 
Seamen in Coasting and River Craft ........ 0-4 
BWV na PS i... ck cscs scale sceedemenenees oesiges ease caee es eae ...  *0°0006 
(Winenumerated:..6 tit eee eee eee OAT SC OnGt 
It should here be stated that the Military, with their wives 
and children, bear the proportion of 1°35 per cent. to the 
entire population; and the Convicts on Public Works a 
similar proportion of 0°08 per cent. 
In estimating in further detail the centesimal proportion 
of increase or decrease with the Census of Population taken 
in 1848, it is necessary, to avoid mistake, to explain some 
apparent discrepancies, occasioned by a change in arrange- 
ment of several districts. For instance, five parishes have 
* This small proportion of whalers (42), of course, comprises those only who 
were residing on shore at the date of taking the Census; the number of vessels 
employed whaling in 1849, as appears by the “‘ Statistics” of that year, was 34, 
—which, upon an average crew of 20 men, would give an addition of 680 per- 
sons to the list of those engaged in this branch of Colonial industry. 
