•1 



69-3 



65"6 



•9 



7- 



6-5 



•4 



15-4 



18-1 



•7 



3-9 



5-4 





3-4 



3-4 



•6 



0-7 



0-6 



Observations on Tasmanian Statistics. 33 



1842. 1847. 1851. 

 per cent, per cent, per cent. 



Church of England 73' 



„ „ Scotland 



,, ,, Eome 



Wesleyans 4" 



Other Denominations .... 4* 

 Jews 0" 



In 1843 there were returned 31 individuals as Mahome- 

 dans and Pagans, 29 in 1847, and 21 in the census of 

 March 1851. 



Tahle 41 shows the distinction between the married and 

 single inhabitants of the colony at the three several dates 

 noted, of December 1841 and 1847, and March 1851. 

 The proportion of the married people at the first of these 

 periods was 27*9 per cent., at the second 27'4 per cent., and 

 at the third 28"3 per cent. 



Table 42 distributing the gentlemen in the commission of 

 the peace, 246 in number, into groups corresponding with 

 their respective avocations, requires no comment. 



Table 43 is a return of the quantity of crown land sold, and 

 of the amounts realized by the sales, for the last ten years; 

 and affords ample confirmatory proofs of the wealth accumu- 

 lated from the gold-fields, and of its partial investment in 

 the lands of the colony. Of the country lots 1544 acres 

 were sold in 1850, yielding iG2496 : in 1851 the quantity 

 was 2956 acres, or 91 per cent, increase ; and the sum paid 

 for it was £3106, or 24'4 per cent, increase. The average 

 price in 1850 was S2s. S^d. ; and in 1851, 21^. Ad. In 

 1852 the quantity sold was 5363 acres, or 81*5 per cent, 

 increase, yielding^7353, or 136"3 per cent, increase ; the 

 average rate being 27^. 5d. In 1853 the quantity rose to 

 35,550 acres, producing £36,132, or fivefold that of the 

 year preceding ; the average price being 205. 3fo?. per acre. — 



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