GENERAL SUMMARY BY ELECTORAL PROVINCES., TABLE XIV.—Showing the Population of each Electoral Province, inclusive and exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines ; the Number of Chinese and Aborigines, and of Persons living in Tents and Camping out ; also the Number of Houses, inhabited, uninhabited, and building ; with a Return giving a Classification of the Houses, according to the materials of which they are built, and their size, as shown by the number of rooms.

NAME OF PROVINCE.	POPULATION (inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines).			POPULATION (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines).			CHINESE.		ABORIGINES.		HOUSES.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Dwellings.			Inhabited Stores, Offices, and Public Institutions.	Total.
											Inhabited.	Uninhabited.	Building.
Central Province	117,777	60,098	57,679	117,395	59,717	57,677	379	2	2		24,721	2,681	46	229	27,677
South Province	56,954	32,955	23,999	56,666	32,664	23,989	273		18	10	11,452	480	13	28	11,973
South-Western Province	97,844	55,929	41,915	93,983	52,074	41,909	3,833		22	6	22,641	1,205	32	118	23,996
Western Province	40,436	23,629	16,807	39,097	22,401	16,696	1,088		140	111	7,929	186	7	23	8,145
North-Western Province	178,674	121,430	57,244	163,265	106,401	56,878	14,377	4	652	362	51,143	377	21	145	51,686
Eastern Province	43,358	30,029	13,329	38,234	25,066	13,168	4,751	2	212	159	10,731	88		36	10,855
Grand Total of Provinces*	535,043	324,070	210,973	508,640	298,323	210,317	24,701	8	1,046	648	128,617	5,017	119	579	134,332