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)