SYDNEY OR MIDDLE DISTRICT., (5.) ABSTRACT of the Population on the 2nd March, 1846, in each of the Counties, and Commissioners' Districts, comprised within the Sydney or Middle District, shewing the number of persons of each sex under and above twenty-one years of age respectively who cannot read, can read only, and read and write.
COUNTY OR DISTRICT.	EDUCATION.												TOTALS.
	MALES.						FEMALES.						TOTALS.
	Under twenty-one years.			Above twenty-one years.			Under twenty-one years.			Above twenty-one years.			Males.	Females.	GENERAL TOTALS.
	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Cannot read.	Read only.	Read and write.	Males.	Females.	GENERAL TOTALS.
COUNTIES.
Argyle	716	136	179	585	264	1,159	680	159	154	276	201	402	3,039	1,872	4,911
Bathurst	480	141	225	468	242	1,243	492	166	197	198	143	396	2,799	1,592	4,391
Bligh	73	6	11	96	45	189	66	11	13	33	16	39	420	178	598
Brisbane	176	39	30	173	93	425	172	31	48	72	41	106	936	470	1,406
Camden	1,182	351	496	819	343	1,761	1,102	378	441	421	359	670	4,952	3,371	8,323
Cook	464	169	220	449	177	643	492	141	239	199	158	247	2,122	1,476	3,598
Cumberland	8,276	2,689	5,531	4,372	2,567	16,807	8,261	3,330	5,700	3,514	3,337	9,154	40,242	33,296	73,538
Durham	1,054	357	413	657	398	1,591	1,075	341	348	328	333	659	4,470	3,084	7,554
Georgiana	131	29	28	150	64	235	124	31	24	46	44	47	637	316	953
Gloucester	335	116	160	187	162	532	309	111	114	64	101	208	1,492	907	2,399
Hunter	173	38	80	119	56	229	178	51	73	68	36	89	695	495	1,190
King	242	55	71	241	97	358	235	53	47	90	71	102	1,067	598	1,665
Macquarie	195	37	107	310	138	540	208	63	97	58	36	184	1,327	646	1,973
Murray	375	92	114	365	140	717	397	85	91	126	102	207	1,803	918	2,721
Northumberland	1,799	525	785	1,226	598	2,817	1,750	560	830	671	557	1,217	7,750	5,585	13,335
Phillip	86	18	10	74	38	206	93	13	10	31	19	43	432	209	641
Roxburgh	279	96	118	293	141	577	268	95	111	105	83	187	1,504	849	2,353
St. Vincent	265	70	85	252	105	531	277	74	89	102	79	173	1,308	794	2,102
Wellington	97	17	20	171	64	342	77	26	27	39	30	60	711	259	970
Westmoreland	245	66	58	181	117	328	210	56	56	93	46	119	995	580	1,575
Total population in the 20 Counties	16,643	5,047	8,741	11,191	5,819	31,230	16,376	5,775	8,709	6,534	5,792	14,309	78,701	57,495	136,196
County of Stanley (Moreton Bay)	175	41	57	177	82	590	128	45	58	41	40	165	1,122	477	1,599
County of Auckland (Twofold Bay)	134	46	46	128	89	310	103	36	19	46	31	100	753	335	1,088
Total population within the limits of location of the Middle District	16,912	5,134	8,844	11,496	6,020	32,130	16,607	5,856	8,786	6,621	5,863	14,574	80,576	58,307	138,883
COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS BEYOND THE LIMITS OF LOCATION.
Bligh	63	14	16	187	43	292	72	12	10	23	14	42	615	173	788
Clarence River	134	26	39	133	86	451	120	33	30	50	38	85	869	356	1,225
Darling Downs	41	2	16	135	35	323	48	3	6	6	14	29	552	106	658
Lachian	267	68	84	334	153	663	238	51	55	82	77	126	1,569	629	2,198
Liverpool Plains	145	32	72	438	217	874	122	25	17	47	33	88	1,778	332	2,110
McLeay River	43	8	17	75	33	164	44	7	14	22	11	28	340	126	466
Menaroo	289	43	65	279	100	545	250	32	42	97	40	134	1,321	595	1,916
Moreton Bay	12	4	3	60	22	123	15	4		5	6	14	224	44	268
Murrumbidgee	320	74	70	436	146	774	275	67	67	111	59	193	1,820	772	2,592
New England	195	48	76	428	195	814	146	55	43	56	33	142	1,756	475	2,231
Wellington	107	27	21	244	100	470	98	14	8	40	21	49	969	230	1,199
Total population beyond the limits of location in the Middle District	1,616	346	479	2,749	1,130	5,493	1,428	303	292	539	346	930	11,813	3,838	15,651
Total Population of the Middle district of new South Wales	18,568	5,480	9,323	14,245	7,150	37,623	18,035	6,159	9,078	7,160	6,209	15,504	92,389	62,145	154,534