452 
Statistics of Van Diemen’s Land. 
may be elicited by a comparative view of the progress of the 
various denominations:— 
1842. 
1847. 
Increase 
per cent. 
Decrease 
per cent. 
Church of England. 
Church of Scotland. 
Wesley ans. 
Other protestant dissenters. 
Church of Rome . 
Jews. 
Mahomedans and pagans . 
34,861 
3,797 
2,263 
1,920 
4,492 
297 
31 
44,490 
4,552 
2,566 
2,186 
9,904 
452 
29 
27 
20 
14 
14 
120 
52 
6 
47,661 
64,179 
•• 
The census concludes with the number of houses, which are 
4963 built of stone and brick, and 5224 of wood, or a total of 
10,187. The increase is 2558, or 33 per cent., upon the census 
of 1842, well keeping pace with the progress of population; and 
judging from the superior style of buildings now generally adopt¬ 
ed—some of which will vie both in architectural pretensions and 
extent of accommodation with European taste—together with 
numerous substitutions of good solid houses of brick and stone 
for wooden huts and unsightly skillings, we have visible indica¬ 
tions of a large addition having been made to the domestic 
comforts of every class in the community. 
Tables 31 and 32 are returns of the cases of insanity treated at 
the New Norfolk Asylum during 1845 and 1846, from which it 
appears that that distressing malady is rather upon the increase. 
In 1845 there were 169 persons (56 being free and 113 convicts) 
under treatment; of which number 19 were discharged cured 
and 14 died. In 1846, the total number was 204 (69 free, and 
135 convicts), of whom 22 were discharged cured, 4 improved 
and 1 unimproved, with 12 deaths. The proportion of insane 
persons in the convict class exceeds those of the free by fully 
100 per cent. No. 33 exhibits the returns from H. M. Colonial 
Hospitals of the number and variety of diseases treated, and of the 
deaths during the same period. In 1845 there were 3160 cases 
treated of the various ills that flesh is heir to, of which 229 proved 
fatal; and in 1846 there were 2770 cases, or a decrease of 12 per 
cent., and 178 deaths, or a corresponding decrease of 24 per cent. 
