CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1881.—SUMMARY TABLES., No. 15., POPULATION.—Return showing the Number of Municipalities, their Population, and the Population of the parts of the Colony which were not incorporated, at the Censuses of 1861, 1871, and 1881 respectively, and the Increase or Decrease of the same in the two decennial periods 1861-1871 and 1871-1881.

Electoral Registry or Census Districts.	1861.			1871.			1881.			Increase or Decrease in the Decennial period 1861-1871.							Increase or Decrease in the Decennial period 1861-1871.
	Number of Municipalities.	Population.		Number of Municipalities.	Population.		Number of Municipalities.	Population.		Number of Municipalities.	Population.						Number of Municipalities.	Population.
		In the Municipalities.	Not Incorporated.		In the Municipalities.	Not Incorporated.		In the Municipalities.	Not Incorporated.		Numerical.		Centesimal.		Centesimal annual average.			Numerical.		Centesimal.		Centesimal annual average.
											In the Municipalities.	Not Incorporated.	In the Municipalities.	Not Incorporated.	In the Municipalities.	Not Incorporated.		In the Municipalities.	Not Incorporated.	In the Municipalities.	Not Incorporated.	In the Municipalities.	Not Incorporated.
Total of the Colony	24	102,476	248,384	49	192,181	311,800	90	355,199	396,269	25	89,705	63,416	87.54	25.53	8.75	2.55	41	163,018	84,469	84.82	27.05	8.48	2.70
Sydney	1	56,394	446	1	74,423	143	1	100,152	295		18,029	303	31.97	67.93	3.20	6.79		25,729	152	34.57	106.29	3.46	10.63
												decrease		decrease.		decrease
Suburban	10	20,735	16,111	19	49,962	10,362	26	106,374	14,458	9	29,227	5,749	140.95	35.68	14.09	3.57	7	56,412	4,096	112.90	39.52	11.29	3.97
												decrease		decrease		decrease
Country	13	25,347	229,917	29	67,796	298,893	63	148,673	378,289	16	42,449	68,976	167.47	30.00	16.75	3.00	34	80,877	79,396	119.29	26.56	11.93	2.66
Add the Shipping			1,910			2,402			3,227			492		25.76		2.58			825		34.34		3.43