Observations upon the Census. 39 
A similar analysis of the Convict population in the several 
districts gives the following centesimal proportions of increase 
or decrease since the date of the previous Census :— 
Increase Decrease 
per cent. per cent. 
BX LHe £5) UL Le Lee eS RB a SONA Gate 
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Orton seh 4 
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Wome tend, ira s aie ci ete baa vebenstteteetens Lath EG 
INT ORV CITE cee es BeBe i Ags. HA ROY 
News Nor bol kr a2 eee ee eae na aes es 33 
Matlamde eeccnt nada cc cere ters 16°8 
HOR ORM Sos cewa ss aetnaskouaae ovaaiebee sans 32 
STG ou oa ay a0 Uns Ae a Ue OR DRTC cia ae 835 
S\G1 fe) Uae | ee Genera eas nM te Ge 4] 
INVES tlt yi Mest See AE Th Nees fess SRK ee 
Convicts on Public Works ............ aeahy ACES 
Mota: ates cee 88 28°8 
Deduct tncrease ....  ... 8°8 
Total decrease of Convict population... ..... 20° 
The total number of houses in the Colony is 11,844, 
being an increase of 1657, or 16°26 per cent., since the 
Census of 1848. Of the whole, 48°3 per cent. are built of 
stone or brick, and the wooden houses are 51°7 per cent. 
