TABLE I., COUNTIES AND PASTORAL DISTRICTS., SUMMARY showing the Population of the several Counties and Pastoral Districts in 1851, 1854, and 1857, with the rates of increase of persons, males and females, from 1854 to 1857 ; also the area in square miles and statute acres, the number of inhabited houses, and the proportion to each square mile of persons and of inhabited houses.
COUNTIES AND PASTORAL DISTRICTS.	AREA.		POPULATION.												HOUSES.
	AREA.		PERSONS.			MALES.		FEMALES.		Numerical increase of persons 1854 to 1857.	Rate per cent. of increase in persons from 1854 to 1857.	Rate per cent. of Male increase 1854 to 1857.	Rate per cent. of Female increase 1854 to 1857.	1857.—Persons to each square mile.	Number of inhabited houses.	Inhabited houses to each square mile.
	In Square Miles.	In Acres.	1851.	1854.	1857.	1854.	1857.	1854.	1857.	Numerical increase of persons 1854 to 1857.	Rate per cent. of increase in persons from 1854 to 1857.	Rate per cent. of Male increase 1854 to 1857.	Rate per cent. of Female increase 1854 to 1857.	1857.—Persons to each square mile.	Number of inhabited houses.	Inhabited houses to each square mile.
Counties.
Anglesey	1,780	1,139,200	767	593	898	378	588	215	310	305	51.4	55.6	44.2	0.5	102	0.1
Bourke	1,530	979,200	39,962	101,086	133,515	59,553	73,278	41,527	60,237	32,429	32.8	23.0	45.1	87.3	26,431	17.3
Dalhousie	1,185	758,400	3,045	6,212	10,195	4,174	6,580	2,036	3,615	3,983	64.1	57.6	77.6	8.6	2,093	1.8
Dundas	2,000	1,280,000	1,466	1,345	2,520	845	1,634	500	836	1,175	87.3	93.4	77.2	1.3	357	0.2
Evelyn	1,030	659,200	644	1,215	2,606	701	1,560	514	1,046	1,391	114.4	122.5	103.5	2.5	548	0.5
Follett	1,040	665,600	291	381	572	214	335	167	237	191	50.1	56.5	41.9	0.6	106	0.1
Grant	1,700	1,088,000	12,784	32,889	63,628	19,549	38,190	13,331	25,438	30,739	96.5	95.4	90.8	37.4	14,391	8.6
Grenville	1,470	940,800	400	8,604	18,534	6,321	12,956	2,282	5,578	9,930	115.4	105.9	144.4	12.6	4,728	3.2
Hampden	1,420	908,800	971	899	1,938	557	1,171	342	767	1,039	115.5	110.2	124.3	13.6	369	0.3
Heytesbury	1,160	742,400	343	351	568	220	339	131	229	217	61.8	54.1	74.8	0.5	98	0.1
Mornington	1,800	1,152,000	885	1,372	2,656	897	1,672	475	984	1,284	93.5	86.4	107.2	1.5	523	0.3
Normanby	1,920	1,228,800	2,125	3,921	6,043	1,974	3,147	1,947	2,896	2,122	54.1	59.4	48.7	3.1	1,190	0.6
Polworth	1,276	816,640	1,199	981	1,665	551	966	430	699	684	69.7	75.3	62.6	1.3	263	0.2
Ripon	1,825	1,168,000	814	1,269	6,842	900	5,185	369	1,657	5,573	439.2	476.1	349.1	3.7	1,629	0.1
Talbot	1,194	764,160	1,163	16,244	48,528	12,021	35,605	4,220	12,923	32,284	198.7	196.2	206.2	40.6	15,048	12.6
Villiers	1,660	1,062,400	3,987	5,996	11,193	3,342	63,244	2,654	4,869	5,197	86.6	89.2	83.5	6.7	2,061	1.2
Pastoral Districts.
Gipps Land	14,426	9,232,640	1,789	1,956	3,911	1,245	2,410	711	1,501	1,955	99.9	93.6	111.1	0.3	717	0.05
The Loddon	6,086	3,895,040		27,126	54,998	21,382	40,563	5,743	14,435	27,872	102.7	89.7	151.3	9.0	17,714	2.9
Rodney	1,786	1,143,040	194	1,557	1,940	1,244	1,524	313	416	383	24.6	22.5	32.9	1.1	464	0.3
The Murray	13,428	8,593,920	2,497	6,392	24,470	4,864	19,248	1,528	5,222	18,078	28.1	295.7	241.8	1.8	6,616	0.5
The Wimmera	27,115	17,353,600	2,019	2,685	5,584	1,962	4,066	723	1,518	2,899	107.7	107.2	110.0	2.1	1,214	0.04
Totals of Counties and Pastoral Districts	86,831	55,571,840	77,345	223,074	402,804	142,894	257,341	80,158	145,463	179,730	80.6	80.1	81.5	4.6	96,662	1.1
Travellers on Roads, 1854				2,183		2,071		112
Persons in Ships and Hulks				4,987	3,773	4,705	3,569	282	204
Totals of Enumerated Population			77,345	230,244	406,577	149,670	260,910	80,552	145,667
Estimate for Unenumerated Population				6,554	4,189	6,206	3,424	348	765
GRAND TOTALS			77,345	236,798	410,766	155,876	264,334	80,900	146,432	173,968	73.5	69.6	81.0