2 Statistics of Van Diemen’s Land. 
The relative proportion of the sexes in each class, free 
and bond, may be thus stated :— 
Males Females 
per cent. per BEES, 
Bee MEMO TAGS terete conte eee 53°49 ... 46°51 + 
Free | Born in Ure Colomy Mircea AOS. nee 
Have emerged into freedom.... 76°69 .... 23°31 | 
Holding Tickets-of-leave ........ 83°10)... Tero 
Bond 1 Pass-holders in private service 83°50 .... 16°50 
In Government employment.... 88°70... 11°30 
Military ...... Ls adeno) Mopoeeclaeen 78°59 .... 21°41 
Whorigines ) 204.. 19 SER UB OM oc8 S088 
Table 2 shows the distinction between the Married and the 
Single, with the exception of the Troops, and the Convicts 
at Punishment Stations. Of the total 42,309 males, 21°38 
per cent. are married, and 78°62 per cent. are single; and 
of the total 21,832 females, 39°08 per cent. are married, 
and 60°92 per cent. are single. 
Table 3 is areturn of the Ages of the Inhabitants grouped 
into periods, with a similar exception of the Troops and of 
the Convicts under punishment ; and the table, analyzed, 
affords the following centesimal proportions, viz.— 
Males Females 
per cent. per cent, 
Winder 2) Years cerccs se Braces LS nk KSI lye) 
Qed UnVER A cee ee OT ase OO 
vi by TA es cere ete sls i 
Pass ok RL! OA Gh 6°62 1... 10°40 
Qi hs AO emeduanertencts Ol NO Ones eran el 
7M Me (Si tian arene baa ony UG oo 
GO- and upwards 2. 218%... 148 
* This seems to be a large proportion of the whole whose pursuits are 
unaccounted for; but it must be borne in mind, that all the children under 
14 have to be deducted, as well as the married females in the majority of cases, 
- say nothing of dependents without ayocation to be found in numerous 
amilies. 
