SYDNEY OR MIDDLE DISTRICT., RELIGION ., (12.) ABSTRACT of the Population on the 2nd March, 1846, in each of the Police Districts comprised within the Twenty Counties of the Sydney or Middle District, shewing the number of persons of each of the undermentioned persuasions.

POLICE DISTRICTS.	RELIGION.								GENERAL TOTALS.
	Church of England.	Church of Scotland.	Wesleyan Methodists.	Other Protestants.	Roman Catholics.	Jews.	Mahomedans and Pagans.	Other Persuasions.
1 Sydney	24,316	5,009	2,289	2,505	14,700	633	21	157	49,630
2 Parramatta	5,395	596	584	275	2,486	37	7	20	9,400
3 Liverpool	1,358	78	20	18	543	5	1	23	2,046
4 Campbelltown	1,137	156	48	22	948	2		3	2,316
5 Picton	553	97	24	10	431		1	1	1,117
6 Camden and Narrellan	1,724	150	198	26	622		13	1	2,734
7 Illawarra	1,829	743	173	28	1,422	10	3	2	4,210
8 Berrima	1,231	166	16		587	14	3	8	2,025
9 Goulburn	2,412	694	64	28	1,868	59	2	7	5,134
10 Braidwood	624	148	1	8	538	1			1,320
11 Broulee	265	160	1	5	226	2		1	660
12 Queanbeyan	809	216	4	16	647	4	2	2	1,700
13 Yass	1,100	144	9	17	894	21	2		2,187
14 Windsor	4,696	500	597	33	1,866	10	1	18	7,721
15 Penrith	2,357	246	255	10	1,214	11	2	25	4,120
16 Hartley	563	210	40	3	536	2	6	5	1,365
17 Bathurst	3,174	748	528	67	2,100	24	5	1	6,647
18 Carcoar	974	171	41	4	866	1			2,057
19 Wellington	442	68	9	11	310			1	841
20 Mudgee	584	94	2		271	1	3		955
21 Brisbane Water	801	29	59	20	361	1	1		1,272
22 Newcastle and Raymond Terrace	1,749	370	203	62	657	4	1	17	3,063
23 Dungog	1,046	351	46	14	523	1	1		1,982
24 Maitland	4,096	1,093	574	71	2,783	40	5	19	8,681
25 Wollombi and McDonald	874	74	80	13	468	1	2		1,512
26 Paterson	1,791	830	201	58	838	7	1	7	3,733
27 Patrick's Plains	1,773	281	72	5	841	8	1	2	2,983
28 Merton and Muswellbrook	730	125	10	1	294	4		1	1,165
29 Scone and Murrurundi	592	161	6	6	273	1	1		1,040
30 Cassilis	302	38	2		263		1	1	607
31 Macquarie	1,136	222	43	27	519	20	3	3	1,973
Total population in the 31 Police Districts, corresponding with the 20 Counties.	70,433	13,968	6,199	3,363	40,895	924	89	325	136,196