104 Statistics of Van Dicmen's Land. 



Table 3 is a return, with a similar exception, of the Ages 

 of the inhabitants of the Colony. Of the 64,141 persons 

 enumerated, the proportions may be thus grouped : — 



Per cent. of Population. 



Under 2 5^ or 1 in 18 



2 and under 7 10|- or 1 in 9 



7 and under 14 9 or 1 in 10 



14 and under 21 8 or 1 in 12 



21 and under 45 56 or 1 in 2 



45 and under 60 9 or 1 in 11 



60 and upwards 2 or 1 in 51 



Of the Aborigines 3 are under fourteen, 27 are between 

 twenty-one and forty-five, 6 are under sixty, and the ages 

 of the two still older cannot be accurately ascertained. 



Table 4 is a return of the Keligion professed by the 

 people, which may be thus generically classified in denomi- 

 nations : — 



Per cent. 



Church of England 69*40 



Scotland 7-10 



Eome 15-40 



Wesleyans 4* 



Other Protestant Dissenters 3'40 



Jews and Pagans 0*70 



The religion of the troops, and of the Convicts under punish- 

 ment, was not ascertained by the Census. 



The other division of this Table comprises a classified 

 list of the industrial occupations of the people, which are in 

 the following proportions : — 



Landed proprietors, bankers, merchants, ' 



- I 2 per cent, 



and proiessional men j 



Shopkeepers \\ 



Mechanics 8 



Shepherds \\ 



