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while the aborigines have lost 13 from their previously scanty 
numbers—being now a remnant of only 15 males and 23 females! 
Comparing, then, the free and convict population at the periods 
of 1842 and 1847, the account stands thus :— 
FREE CLASS. 
1842. Males .. 21,972 I 1847. Males .. 25,361 
Females.. 15,116 Females.. 18,331 
- 37,088 I - 43,692 
or difference of 6604, being an increase of nearly 18 per cent. 
CONVICT CLASS. 
1842. 
Males . 
Females. 
17,632 
2,700 
20,332 
1847. 
Males 
Females. 
20,687 
3,501 
24,188 
or difference of 3856, being an increase of 19 per cent. 
The military and aborigines are excluded in this calculation. 
Deducting from the above totals of the “ free,” those who have 
emerged from the convict class, it stands thus: — 
1842. 
Males .. •• 21,972 
Have been convicts 7,912 
- 14,060 
Females .. .. 15,116 
Have been convicts 1,960 13,156 
27,216 
1847. 
Males .. .. 25,361 
Have been convicts 8,832 
- 16,529 
Females .. .. 18,331 
Have been convicts 2,687 15,644 
32,173 
The increase being 18 per cent. 
With respect to the industrial occupation of the people, we 
obtain some striking and useful results; and as the details cannot 
but be interesting, we subjoin them in parallel columns : 
1842. 
1847. 
Increase Decrease 
per cent, per cent. 
Landed proprietors, bankers, merchants, 
and professional men. 
Shopkeepers • • . 
Mechanics and artificers .. .. .. 
Shepherds. •• 
Gardeners, stockmen, and farm labourers 
Domestic servants. 
Unenumerated. 
1,846 
802 
3,720 
879 
9,870 
4,577 
27,067 
1,502 
1,172 
5,584 
1,098 
11,693 
4,839 
38,291 
46 
50 
25 
18 
6 
40 
19 
47,661 
64,179 
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This comparison, it will be perceived, is grounded upon the 
aggregate increase of 34 per cent. 
Under the head of “ Religion ” also some valuable information 
