BIRTH-PLACES AT DIFFERENT CENSUS PERIODS., Showing the Numbers and Proportions of Persons born in different Countries, at the three last Censuses (1881, 1891, and 1901), also showing actual and relative Increase or Decrease during last decade.

Birth-place.	Numerical.			Centesimal.			1901. Increase or Decrease last decade.
	1881.	1891.	1901.	1881.	1891.	1901.	Actual.	Per cent.
Total	115,705	146,667	172,475	100.34	100.43	100.00	25,808	17.59
Total specified	115,316	146,043	172,467	100.00	100.00	100.00	26,424	18.09
British Empire—
Australasia	83,978	115,229	149,155	72.82	78.90	86.50	33,926	29.43
United Kingdom	28,243	26,975	19,815	24.49	18.47	11.48	-7,160	-26.54
Other British Possessions	872	900	1,273	0.76	0.62	0.74	373	41.45
Total British Empire	113,093	143,104	170,243	98.07	97.99	98.72	27,139	18.96
Foreign Countries—	2,223	2,939	2,224	1.93	2.01	1.28	-715	-24.33
Unspecified	389	624	8	0.34	0.43	0.00	-616	-98.73
British Empire—
Australasia :
Tasmania	79,991	107,901	136,629	69.36	73.88	79.23	28,728	26.62
Other Australasian States	3,987	7,328	12,526	3.46	5.02	7.27	5,198	70.92
United Kingdom :
England and Wales	17,307	17,443	12,942	15.61	11.95	7.51	-4,501	-25.80
Scotland	3,744	3,845	2,986	3.24	2.63	1.74	- 859	-22.34
Ireland	7,192	5,687	3,887	6.24	3.89	2.26	-1,800	-31.67
Other British Possessions	872	900	1,273	0.76	0.62	0.73	373	41.44
Foreign Countries—
Germany	782	918	773	0.68	0.63	0.44	- 145	-15.79
France	5	77	56	0.01	0.05	0.03	- 21	-27.27
Italy	11	36	50	0.01	0.02	0.02	14	38.89
China	844	943	484	0.50	0.64	0.28	- 459	-48.67
Other Foreign Countries	581	965	861	0.73	0.67	0.49	-104	-12.09