INCREASE OR DIMINUTION OF THE VARIOUS NATIONALITIES—(2)., TABLE III.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males and Females, of different Birthplaces living in Victoria in 1854, 1857, and 1861, and the Numerical and Proportionate Increase or Diminution of each Nationality, during the interval between each of those periods.
Where Born.	Numbers, 1854.			Increase from 1854 to 1857.						Numbers, 1857.			Increase or Diminution from 1857 to 1861.						Numbers, 1861.
	Numbers, 1854.			Numerical.			Rate per cent.			Numbers, 1857.			Numerical.			Rate per cent.			Numbers, 1861.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
BRITISH.
In Victoria	29,996			38,177			127.26			68,173	34,546	33,627	69,902	34,843	35,059	102.54	100.86	104.26	138,075	69,389	68,686
Other Australian Colonies and New Zealand	11,237			5,471			48.53			16,708	8,932	7,776	3,128	1,404	1,724	18.72	15.72	22.17	19,836	10,336	9,500
England	97,943			49,239			50.26			147,182	98,021	49,161	22,404	10,016	12,388	15.22	10.22	25.20	169,586	108,037	61,549
Wales	2,326			2,196			94.41			4,522	3,297	1,225	1,533	1,036	497	33.90	31.42	40.57	6,055	4,333	1,722
Scotland	36,044			17,155			47.59			53,199	33,794	19,405	7,502	3,238	4,264	14.10	9.58	21.97	60,701	37,032	23,669
Ireland	39,728			24,864			62.59			64,592	35,152	29,440	22,568	12,024	10,544	34.94	34.21	35.82	87,160	47,176	39,984
British Colonies (not Australian)	3,772			538			14.26			3,375	2,511	864	115	64	51	3.40	2.55	5.90	3,490	2,575	915
East India (British race)										662	440	222	-8	-3	-5	-1.21	-0.68	-2.25	654	437	217
East India (Indians)										273	257	16	-69	-69	0.00	-25.27	-26.85	0.00	204	188	16
FOREIGN.
France	909			499			54.89			1,408	1,173	235	-158	-147	-11	-11.22	-12.53	-4.68	1,250	1,026	224
Germany	3,955			3,879			98.08			7,834	6,226	1,608	2,584	1,892	692	32.98	30.38	43.03	10,418	8,118	2,300
Other European Countries	2,373			2,534			106.78			4,907	4,660	247	2,031	1,902	129	41.39	40.82	52.22	6,938	6,562	376
United States of America	2,908			2			0.07			2,910	2,575	335	-356	-366	10	-12.23	-14.21	2.99	2,554	2,209	345
China	2,341			23,083			98.60			25,424	25,421	3	-692	-697	5	-2.72	-2.74	166.67	24,732	24,724	8
Other Countries	406			6			1.48			412	356	56	-6	-10	4	-1.45	-2.81	7.14	406	346	60
Born at Sea	951			673			70.77			1,624	892	732	216	95	121	13.30	10.65	16.53	1,840	987	853
Unspecified (British names)	1,909			652			34.15			1,282	862	420	-619	-454	-165	-48.28	-52.86	-39.29	663	408	255
Unspecified (Foreign names)										53	41	12	-13	-10	-3	-24.53	-24.39	-25.00	40	31	9
Unspecified (Names not mentioned)										1,226	1,064	162	-26	30	-56	-2.12	2.81	-34.57	1,200	1,094	106
British subjects by parentage, not born in British possessions				811			Infinite			811	690	121	368	80	288	45.37	11.59	236.01	1,179	770	409
Migratory population (exclusive of Chinese				4,189			Infinite			4,189	3,424	765	-848	-551	-297	-20.24	-16.09	-38.82	3,341	2,873	468
Total	236,798			173,968			73.47			410,766	264,334	146,432	129,556	64,317	65,239	31.54	24.33	44.55	540,322	328,651	211,671
ALLEGLANCE.
British subjects	221,997			140,406			63.25			362,403	219,394	143,009	127,040	62,274	64,766	35.05	28.38	45.35	489,443	281,666	207,775
Foreign subjects	12,892			30,056			233.17			42,948	40,452	2,496	3,390	2,564	826	7.89	6.34	33.04	46,338	43,016	3,322
Allegiance unknown	1,909			3,506			183.64			5,415	4,480	927	-874	-521	-353	-16.07	-11.59	-38.08	4,541	3,967	574