GENERAL SUMMARY.

	MALES.	FEMALES.	TOTALS.
Population within the limits of location—Middle District	80,576	58,307	138,883
Population within the limits of location—Port Phillip District	13,234	10,234	23,468
Total	93,810	68,541	162,351
Population beyond the limits of location—Middle District	11,813	3,838	15,651
Population beyond the limits of location—Port Phillip District	6,950	2,461	9,411
Total	18,763	6,299	25,062
Crews of Colonial Vessels in Harbour or at Sea	2,196		2,196
Total Population of New South Wales on the 2nd March, 1846*	114,769	74,840	189,609
Population of 1841	87,298	43,558	130,856
Gross increase of Population during the five years ending March, 1846	27,471	31,282	58,753
Centesimal increase during the same period	31.46	71.81	44.89
Average annual Centesimal increase for the same period	6.29	14.36	8.98
Centesimal proportion of the Sexes, 1846	60.53	39.47	100
Centesimal proportion of the Sexes, 1841	66.71	33.29	100