Table No. X., SHOWING CENTESIMAL RATE of INCREASE or DECREASE of POPULATION of CENSUS DISTRICTS (arranged in Groups) during the interval between the CENSUS ENUMERATIONS of 1891, 1886, 1881, 1876, 1871, 1868, 1864, and 1861.

Number of Group.	GROUP OF CENSUS DISTRICTS IN 1886.	PERSONS.							MALES.							FEMALES.							GROUPS OF CENSUS DISTRICTS IN 1861.
		1891 to 1886.	1881 to 1886.	1876 to 1881.	1871 to 1876.	1868 to 1871.	1864 to 1868.	1861 to 1864.	1891 to 1886.	1881 to 1886.	1876 to 1881.	1871 to 1876.	1868 to 1871.	1864 to 1868.	1861 to 1864.	1891 to 1886.	1881 to 1886.	1876 to 1881.	1871 to 1876.	1868 to 1871.	1864 to 1868.	1861 to 1864.
		Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.	Increase.
	QUEENSLAND CENTESIMAL INCREASE	21.95	51.21	23.22	44.28	20.22	62.53	104.48	17.57	51.92	19.34	46.32	18.14	62.31	106.53	28.25	50.24	29.19	41.24	23.45	62.86	101.39
1	Somerset ; Cook ; Cairns ; Palmer ; Woothakata ; Etheridge ; Cardwell ; Herberton	25.18	40.37	*2.42	810.13	238.15			17.05	26.55	*8.26	857.78	257.77			54.90	133.57	70.85	460.11	141.03
2	Aramac ; Marathon ; Kennedy, Subdivisions 10, 10A ; Blackall, minus Subdivisions 3SS, 3SSA ; Diamantina ; Tambo, Subdivision 1 ; Warrego, Subdivisions 1 and 9 ; Burke ; Cloncurry ; Hughenden	31.65	14.79	149.84	113.44	19.27	528.03		25.82	134.78	127.29	115.71	17.03	479.61		56.91	20.25	325.18	97.24	38.10	2000.00
3	Brisbane ; Oxley ; Enoggera ; Toowong ; Logan ; Moreton East ; Caboolture, minus Subdivisions 15 , 15A, 16, 17 ; Fassifern, part Subdivision 5	24.84	70.29	23.31	43.86	16.78	38.41	131.20	18.52	77.30	20.55	45.33	20.90	31.68	133.48	32.34	62.64	26.46	42.22	12.48	46.21	128.61	Brisbane.
4	Ipswich ; Moreton West ; Caboolture, Subdivisions 16, 17 ; Fassifern, minus part Subdivision 5 ; Stanley ; Burnett, Subdivision 1B ; Highfields, Subdivisions 4 and 4A	19.82	39.19	20.99	13.49	29.20	32.89	44.52	15.95	43.68	21.29	10.31	36.05	25.85	45.33	24.40	34.23	20.66	17.20	22.21	41.18	43.58	Ipswich.
5	Darling Downs North, minus Subdivision 11 ; Darling Downs Central ; Darling Downs East ; Darling Downs West ; Dalby ; Drayton and Toowoomba ; Warwick ; Stanthorpe ; Highfields, Subdivisions 1, 2, 3	12.23	12.22	11.56	31.01	22.96	53.12	56.40	10.89	12.84	6.67	31.51	23.52	39.27	56.64	13.81	11.50	17.85	37.36	22.21	76.39	55.99	Drayton. Warwick. Dalby. Callandoon. Condamine.
6	Highfields, Subdivisions 5 and 5A ; Burnett, minus Subdivision 1B ; Bundaberg, Subdivisions 9, 10 ; Darling Downs North, Subdivision 11	65.50	0.56	*1.89	00.47	9.07	21.83	26.54	60.47	*2.50	*3.84	*3.74	9.27	16.28	25.28	73.24	5.69	1.54	8.88	8.65	34.56	29.52	Gayndah. Nanango.
7	Taroom ; Leichhardt ; Springsure ; Peak Downs ; Clermont, minus Subdivisions 1, 2, 6, 6A ; Westwood ; St. Lawrence ; Gladstone ; Rockhamton	24.84	23.32	10.30	20.00	1.03	65.46	259.00	26.31	21.35	4.70	12.26	*4.49	57.76	234.92	22.08	25.90	18.62	35.66	12.70	84.51	337.05	Taroom. Gladstone. Rockhampton. Upper Leichhardt.
8	Bundaberg, minus Subdivisions 9, 10 ; Wide Bay ; Maryborough ; Tiaro ; Gympie ; Caboolture, Subdivisions 15, 15A.	17.86	53.65	34.23	41.74	16.84	284.55	146.38	13.42	52.99	34.38	36.02	*5.17	385.68	130.97	24.05	54.58	31.02	50.62	82.84	136.71	173.02	Maryborough.
9	Mackay ; Bowen ; Townsville ; Kennedy , minus Subdivisions 10, 10A, 10AA ; Clermont, Subdivisions 1, 2, 6, 6A	19.29	89.74	53.78	53.27	82.87	158.89	2052.32	12.77	87.83	47.47	35.72	88.35	160.63	1801.43	30.57	93.13	61.43	104.71	68.48	154.42	3150.00	Kennedy.
10	Balonne ; Maranoa ; Cunnamulla ; Charleville ; Tambo, minus Subdivision 1 ; Warrego, minus Subdivisions 1 and 9 ; Blackall, Subdivisions 3SS, 3SSA	16.75	39.09	50.15	39.09	4.15	63.66	102.90	19.83	35.53	37.96	39.06	*2.44	63.13	112.13	11.11	48.02	82.39	39.20	26.86	65.54	76.10	Maranoa.