No.2., POPULATION.—Return showing the density of Population in the several Counties and Pastoral Districts, from the area of the Colony furnished by the Surveyor General.
Square miles Population. Number of Persons to 1 square mile. 1871.
1856—1861. 1856. 1861. 1856. 1861. Square miles. Population. Number of Persons to 1 square mile.
Grand Total of the Colony 271,635 249,107 348,950 0.91 1.28 305,988 503,981 1.64
COUNTIES.
Total of Counties 39,872 218,520 281,465 5.48 7.05 40,117 376,170 9.37
Argyle 1,951 6,521 9,713 3.34 4.97 1,951 12,393 6.35
Bathurst 1,860 8,409 12,061 4.52 6.48 1,860 18,090 9.72
Bligh 1,683 698 1,094 0.41 0.65 1,683 2,857 1.69
Brisbane 2,344 2,325 3,481 0.99 1.48 2,344 6,830 2.91
Buccleugh (part of) See Pastoral Districts.
Camden 2,188 15,821 22,734 7.23 10.39 2,188 23,076 10.55
Cook 1,665 4,331 5,032 2.60 3.02 1,665 7,398 4.44
Cowley (part of) See Pastoral Districts.
Cumberland 1,586 108,982 124,678 68.71 78.61 1,586 167,153 105.39
Durham 2,117 10,445 11,997 4.93 5.67 2,117 14,141 6.68
Georgiana 1,924 1,838 2,163 0.95 1.12 1,924 4,930 2.56
Gloucester 2,787 4,567 5,464 1.64 1.96 2,787 6,928 2.49
Gordon (part of) 160 277 1.72
Harden (part of) See Pastoral Districts.
Hunter 2,056 1,251 1,382 0.61 0.67 2,056 1,628 0.79
King 1,781 3,097 3,852 1.73 2.16 1,781 6,138 3.45
Lincoln (part of) 86 169 1.96
Macquarie 2,246 2,405 4,363 1.07 1.94 2,246 5,978 2.66
Murray 2,248 4,129 6,066 1.83 2.70 2,247 7,419 3.30
Northumberland 2,342 23,152 31,271 9.88 13.35 2,342 41,082 17.54
Phillip 1,618 1,051 1,652 0.65 1.02 1,618 6,315 3.90
Roxburgh 1,519 5,695 8,932 3.75 5.88 1,519 10,213 6.72
St. Vincent 2,709 5,462 11,519 2.02 4.25 2,709 15,606 5.76
Wellington 1,656 6,246 11,289 3.77 6.82 1,656 14,621 8.83
Westmoreland 1,592 2,095 2,722 1.31 1.71 1,592 2,928 1.84
PASTORAL DISTRICTS.
Total of Pastoral Districts 231,763 30,587 67,485 0.13 0.29 365,871 127,811 0.48
Albert 30,000 160 238 0.01 56,808 1,005 0.02
Bligh 13,020 1,353 2,205 0.10 0.17 12,191 4,577 0.38
Clarence 9,760 2,359 5,141 0.24 0.53 9,509 14,113 1.48
Darling 50,000 279 919 0.02 25,143 1,859 0.07
The Gwydir 11,075 1,011 2,015 0.09 0.18 12,477 3,656 0.29
The Lachlan 22,800 3,119 14,814 0.14 0.65 39,412 18,705 0.47
Liverpool Plains 16,901 3,313 6,305 0.20 0.37 16,638 12,824 0.77
Macleay 3,180 657 1,310 0.20 0.41 2,688 4,975 1.85
Monaro 8,335 4,982 9,235 0.59 1.11 9,894 13,997 1.41
The Murrumbidgee 26,897 6,307 12,938 0.23 0.48 24,411 25,027 1.02
New England 13,100 5,508 9,676 0.42 0.74 12,726 16,898 1.33
Warrego 10,000 219 0.00 25,862 2,650 0.10
Wellington 16,695 1,539 2,470 0.09 0.15 18,112 7,112 0.39
Part of Counties Buccleugh, Cowley, and Harden (see above) Area included in Pastoral Districts 413