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1824 it has been 456 per cent., or at the average annual 

 rate of nearly 20 per cent., viz. — • 



Years. 



Population. 



Aggregate Increase 

 per cent. 



Annual Increase 

 per cent. 



1824 



12,643 







1835 



39,563 



212 in 11 years. 



19 



1838 



45,846 



15 in 3 years. 



5 



1841 



53,000 



15 in 3 years. 



5 



1842 



68,902 



8 in 1 year. 



8 



1847 



70,164 



19 in 5 years. 



3| 



By further analysis, to show in detail the relative propor- 

 tion of the sexes in each class, it will he seen that, of the 

 free immigrants, the males preponderate by only 1|- per 

 cent., of native-horn persons on the contrary the females 

 exceed by one-tenth per cent., while of those who have 

 become free by servitude the males exceed the females in 

 the ratio of 3 to 1. The males in all form 36 per cent., and 

 the females 26 per cent., making the difference of 10 per 

 cent, between the sexes among the free population. But the 

 disparity is striking among the Convict class; for of the 

 Ticket-of- leave holders the males are 5 to 1, of the prisoners 

 in Government employ 8 to 1, and of Pass-holders iu 

 service also 8 to 1 : in other words, the males are 291- 

 per cent., and the females only 5 per cent., — making a differ- 

 ence betv/een the sexes of 2i^ per cent, in this class of the 

 population. 



Table 2 shows the distinction between the Married and 

 the Single Inhabitants of the Colony, without reference to 

 their civil condition. Of the total males, the married form 

 21 per cent., and those who are unmarried 79 per cent. ; 

 and of the total females, the married are 39 per cent., and 

 the unmarried 61 per cent. The Aborigines form 12 mar- 

 ried couples, and 3 males and 11 females who are single. 

 The Troops, and the Convicts at Punishment Stations, are 

 excluded from the calculation. 



