Table No. CLII., SHOWING a comparison of the NUMBER of PERSONS, MALES, and FEMALES returned as having been BORN in the undermentioned COUNTRIES at the CENSUS ENUMERATIONS of 1861, 1864, 1868, 1871, 1876, 1881, and 1886 respectively.

Country.	Birthplace.	Census Period in which certain Birthplaces were Grouped.	Census Period.	Number of Persons, &c., returned as having been Born in the undermentioned Countries, at each Census Period.						Numerical Increase or Decrease.
				Birthplaces as Grouped at certain Census Periods.			Birthplaces Particularised.			Increase.			Decrease.
				Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
§ AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.	Queensland		1,861				6,205	3,083	3,122
			1,864				9,592	4,774	4,818	3,387	1,691	1,696
			1,868				23,225	11,650	11,575	13,633	6,876	6,757
			1,871	Australian Colonies as a whole, exclusive of Queensland.			36,412	18,501	17,911	13,187	6,851	6,336
			1,876				58,773	29,643	29,130	22,361	11,142	11,219
			1,881				86,236	43,562	42,674	27,463	13,919	13,544
			1,886				124,074	62,533	61,541	37,838	18,971	18,867
	$ Total in 1861 grouped as marked *			*3611	1,920	1,691
	New South Wales		1,861				3,271	1,734	1,537
			1,864				6,011	3,322	2,689	2,740	1,588	1,152
		1,868
		1,871
		1,876
			1,881				10,071	5,858	4,213
			1,886				14,291	8,650	5,641	4,220	2,792	1,428
	$ Total in 1864 grouped as marked †			†7205	3,997	3,208				3,594	2,077	1,517
	Victoria		1,861				197	95	102
			1,864				725	368	357	528	273	255
		1,868
		1,871
		1,876
			1,881				3,149	1,876	1,273
			1,886				6,569	4,331	2,238	3,420	2,455	965
	$ Total in 1868 grouped as marked ‡			‡8135	4,730	3,405				930	733	197
	South Australia		1,861				30	17	13
			1,864				111	64	47	87	47	34
		1,868
		1,871
		1,876
			1,881				482	296	186
			1,886				1,236	841	395	754	545	209
	$ Total in 1871 grouped as marked ‖			‖10931	6,220	4,711				2,796	1,490	1,306
	Western Australia		1,861				4	2	2
			1,864				25	17	8	21	15	6
		1,868
		1,871
		1,876
			1,881				64	41	23
			1,886				50	39	11				14	2	12
	$ Total in 1876 grouped as marked §			§12133	7,184	4,949				1,202	964	238
	New Zealand		1,861				31	22	9
			1,864				71	47	24	40	25	15
		1,868
		1,871
		1,876
			1,881				325	180	136
			1,886				700	434	266	375	245	130
	$ Total in 1881 grouped as marked ¶			¶14665	8,640	6,025				2,533	1,457	1,076
	Tasmania		1,861				78	50	28
			1,864				262	179	83	184	129	55
		1,868
		1,871
		1,876
			1,881				574	380	194
			1,886				849	571	278	275	191	84
	Australasia, Colony not stated		1,886				192	124	68
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.	England and Wales		1,861				8,670	5,774	2,896
			1,864				18,218	11,960	6,258	9,548	6,186	3,362
			1,868				25,441	16,522	8,919	7,223	4,562	2,661
			1,871				26,296	16,851	9,445	855	329	526
			1,876				36,203	22,560	13,643	9,907	5,709	4,198
			1,881				37,390	22,608	14,782	1,187	48	1,139
			1,886				66,015	39,931	26,084	28,625	17,323	11,302
	Scotland		1,861				2,403	1,591	902
			1,864				6,084	3,763	2,321	3,591	2,172	1,419
			1,868				8,462	5,326	3,136	2,378	1,563	815
			1,871				8,564	5,333	3,231	102	7	95
			1,876				9,374	5,866	3,508	810	533	277
			1,881				9,929	6,070	3,859	555	204	351
			1,886				19,944	12,425	7,519	10,015	6,355	3,660