BIRTH-PLACES AT DIFFERENT CENSUS PERIODS., Table showing the Numbers and Proportions of Persons born in different Countries at the three last Censuses (1870, 1881, and 1891) ; also showing actual and relative increase or decrease during last decade.

Birth-place.	Numerical.			Centesimal.			1891. Increase or Decrease—last Decade.
	1870.	1881.	1891.	1870.	1881.	1891.	Actual.	Per cent.
Total	99,328	115,705	146,667	100.00	100.34	100.43	30,952	26.76
Total specified	99,328	115,316	146,043	100.00	100.00	100.00	30,727	26.65
British Empire—
Australasia	60,912	83,978	115,229	61.32	72.82	78.90	31,251	37.21
United Kingdom	37,145	28,243	26,975	37.40	24.49	18.47	- 1268	- 4.49
Other British Possessions	339	872	900	0.34	0.76	0.62	28	3.21
Total British Empire	98,396	113,093	143,104	99.06	98.07	97.99	30,011	26.54
Foreign Countries	932	2,223	2,939	0.94	1.93	2.01	716	34.90
Unspecified		389	624		0.34	0.43	2.35
British Empire—
Australasia :
Tasmania	59,119	79,991	107,901	59.52	69.36	73.88	27,910	34.89
Other Australasian Colonies	1,793	3,987	7,328	1.80	3.46	5.02	3,341	83.80
United Kingdom :
England and Wales	*	17,307	17,443	*	15.61	11.95	136	0.79
Scotland	*	3,744	3,845	*	3.24	2.63	101	2.70
Ireland	*	7,192	5,687	*	6.24	3.89	- 1505	- 20.93
Other British Possessions	339	872	900	0.34	0.76	0.62	28	3.21
Foreign Countries—
Germany	*	782	918	*	0.68	0.63	136	17.39
France	*	5	77	*	0.01	0.05	72	1440.00
Italy	*	11	36	*	0.01	0.02	25	227.00
China	*	844	943	*	0.50	0.64	99	11.73
Other Foreign Countries	*	581	965	*	0.73	0.67	384	66.09