TABLE VIII.—Dwellings at Successive Census Periods (1841-1901.) NUMERICAL.

Date of Enumeration.	Total Number of Dwellings.	Occupation.			Description.				Rooms—Dwellings having						Persons dwelling in
		Occupied	Unoccupied.	Being built.	Brick and stone.	Wood, iron, &c.	Canvas, bark huts &c.	Unspecified.	One room.	Two rooms.	Three and four rooms.	Five and six rooms.	More than six rooms.	Unspecified.	Houses.	Huts.	Tents.	Ships.	C&ing out.	Unspecified.
1841—27 September	7,758	6,859	297	602	3,459	3,489		810
1847—31 December	10,187	9,519	95	573	4,963	5,224
1851—1 March	11,844	11,245	38	561	5,723	6,121
1857—31 March	15,018	14,273	122	623	6,760	8,258
1861—7 April	18,593	17,566	944	83	7,417	11,176
1870—7 February	20,364	18,048	2,146	170	7,844	12,421	99
1881—3 April	23,529	21,858	1,533	138	7,672	14,041	1,177	639	1,490	4,674	8,431	3,981	3,954	999	110,368	2,405	484	697	81	1,670
1891—5 April	29,801	28,024	1,588	189	8,452	19,231	1,869	309	2,469	4,092	11,627	5,880	5,413	320	141,627	1,391	2,334	1,103	137	75
1901—31 March	36,470	34,165	2,187	118	8,059	23,653	2,173	2,585	2,962	3,529	13,028	8,193	6,126	2,632	166,528	2,567	1,710	1,388	77	205
CENTESIMAL (RELATIVE TO TOTAL SPECIFIED).
1841	100	88.42	3.82	7.76	49.79	50.21
1847	100	93.43	0.94	5.63	48.72	51.28
1851	100	94.94	0.32	4.74	48.32	51.68
1857	100	95.05	0.81	4.14	45.01	54.99
1861	100	94.48	5.08	0.44	39.89	60.11
1870	100	88.64	10.53	0.83	38.52	61.00	0.48
1881	100	92.90	6.52	0.58	33.51	61.35	5.14		6.61	20.74	37.42	17.68	17.55		95.39	2.08	0.42	0.60	0.07	1.44
1891	100	94.04	5.33	0.63	28.65	65.21	6.14		8.38	13.87	39.43	19.95	18.37		96.58	0.95	1.59	0.75	0.08	0.05
1901	100	94.69	5.99	0.32	23.79	69.80	6.41		8.75	10.43	38.50	24.22	18.10		96.56	1.49	0.99	0.80	0.04	0.12