AREAS., A TABLE shewing the PROPORTION of the AREAS of COUNTIES and COMMISSIONERS' DISTRICTS to the NUMBER of INHABITANTS.

NAME OF COUNTY OR COMMISSIONER'S DISTRICT.	Population in each Division in 1856.	Area in Square Miles.	Average Proportion of Persons to One Square Mile in 1851.	Average Proportion of Persons to One Square Mile in 1856.
Argyle	6,521	1,591	3.43	4.10
Bathurst	8,409	1,860	3.44	4.52
Bligh	698	1,683	0.60	0.41
Brisbane	2,325	2,344	0.74	0.99
Camden	15,821	2,188	4.41	7.23
Cook	4,331	2,665	1.33	1.62
Cumberland	108,982	1,445	56.13	75.42
Durham	10,445	2,117	3.74	4.93
Georgiana	1,838	1,924	0.79	0.90
Gloucester	4,567	2,930	1.07	1.56
Hunter	1,251	2,056	0.52	0.61
King	3,097	1,781	1.41	1.73
Macquaria	2,405	2,220	0.74	1.08
Murray	4,129	2,248	1.73	1.83
Northumberland	23,152	2,342	6.49	9.88
Phillip	1,051	1,618	0.42	0.65
Roxburgh	5,695	1,519	1.67	3.75
St. Vincent	5,462	2,667	0.96	2.05
Wellington	6,246	1,656	0.97	3.77
Westmoreland	2,095	1,592	0.97	1.31
TOTAL OF THE OLD COUNTIES	218,520	40,446	3.83	5.40
Reputed County of Stanley	9,875	5,460	0.88	1.81
TOTAL OF THE SETTLED DISTRICTS	228,395	45,906	3.48	4.97
Bligh	1,353	13,020	0.10	0.10
Clarence	2,359	9,760	0.18	0.24
Darling Downs	3,977	25,640	0.08	0.15
Lachlan	3,119	22,800	0.13	0.14
Liverpool Plains	3,813	16,901	0.14	0.20
Macleay	657	3,180	0.12	0.20
Maneroo	4,982	8,335	0.44	0.59
Moreton	527	2,460	0.11	0.21
Murrumbidgee	6,307	26,897	0.17	0.23
New England	5,508	13,100	0.32	0.43
Wellington	1,539	16,695	0.09	0.09
Burnett	1,309	7,050	0.12	0.18
Maranoa	110	12,815	0.01	0.01
Wide Bay	669	5,255	0.08	0.12
Albert	160	80,690	0.01	0.06
Lower Darling	279
Gwydir	1,011	11,075	0.07	0.09
TOTAL OF THE SQUATTING DISTRICTS (Less Leichhardt and Fort Curtis, of which the Area cannot be ascertained.)	37,179	275,673	0.10	0.13
	265,574	321,579	0.58	0.82