TABLE showing the relative proportions of Houses to the Population on 1st March, 1851, and 1st March, 1856.

	STONE OR BRICK.	METAL.	WOOD AND INFERIOR.	SHINGLED.	SLATED.	METAL.	BARK.	TOTAL HOUSES.	TOTAL INHABITANTS.
In 1851	13,303		18,359	21,952	612		9,098	31,662	187,243
Increase	2,305	229	7,283	2,761	1,566	1,214	4,276	9,817	78,946
Total in 1856	15,608	229	25,642	24,713	2,178	1,214	13,374	41,479	266,189