Birth-places, 1891., TABLE III.—Showing Numbers and Proportions of Persons, Males, and Females born in different Countries ; also showing the Numbers and Proportions of Adults.

Birth-places.	All Ages.			Adults (21 years and over).			Centesimal propotion of Persons.		Proportion per cent. of the Sexes.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	All Ages.	Adults.	Males.	Females.
Total	146,667	77,560	69,107	72,635	40,037	32,598	100.43	100.89	52.88	47.12
Specified	146,046	76,956	69,090	71,992	39,422	32,570	100.00	100.00	52.69	47.31
British Empire :
Australasia	115,229	58,627	56,962	44,014	22,267	21,747	78.90	61.14	50.57	49.43
United Kingdom	26,975	15,810	11,165	24,592	14,531	10,061	18.47	34.16	58.61	41.39
Other British Possessions	900	482	418	681	378	308	0.62	0.94	53.55	46.45
Total British Empire	143,104	74,559	68,545	69,287	37,176	32,111	97.99	96.24	52.10	47.90
Foreign Countries	2,939	2,394	545	2,705	2,246	459	2.01	3.76	81.47	18.53
Unspecified	624	607	17	643	615	28	0.43	0.89	97.26	2.74
British Empire—
Australasia :
Tasmania	107,901	54,323	53,578	40,153	20,077	20,076	73.88	55.78	50.35	49.65
Other Australasian Colonies	7,328	3,944	3,384	3,861	2,190	1,671	5.02	5.36	53.81	46.19
United Kingdom :
England and Wales	17,443	10,905	6,538	15,474	9,847	5,627	11.95	21.50	62.52	37.48
Scotland	3,845	2,134	1,711	3,573	1,993	1,580	2.63	4.96	55.50	44.50
Ireland	5,687	2,771	2,916	5,545	2,691	2,854	3.89	7.76	48.73	51.27
Other British Possessions	900	482	418	681	378	303	0.62	0.94	53.55	46.45
Foreign Countries—
Germany	918	589	329	834	546	288	0.63	1.16	64.12	35.88
France	77	53	24	72	49	23	0.05	0.10	68.83	31.17
Italy	36	34	2	32	30	2	0.02	0.05	94.44	5.56
China	943	935	8	902	897	5	0.64	1.25	99.15	0.85
Other Foreign Countries	973	791	182	865	724	141	0.67	1.20	81.30	18.70