MINING DISTRICTS., TABLE VII.—Showing the Numbers and Proportions per cent. to their respective Totals of Persons, Males and Females, of different Birthplaces, living on the Gold Fields in the Mining Districts.
Where Born. Mining Districts.
Numbers. Proportions per cent.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
BRITISH.
In Victoria 48,606 24,514 24,092 21.31 15.85 32.79
Other Australian Colonies and New Zealand 8,492 4,405 4,087 3.72 2.85 5.56
England 72,746 50,283 22,463 31.89 32.52 30.57
Wales 3,900 2,902 998 1.71 1.87 1.35
Scotland 22,676 15,252 7,424 9.94 9.86 10.10
Ireland 30,475 18,471 12,004 13.36 11.95 16.34
British Colonies (not Australian) 1,792 1,481 311 0.78 0.95 0.42
East India (British race) 233 174 59 0.10 0.11 0.08
East India (Indians) 125 124 1 0.05 0.09 0.00
FOREIGN.
In France 811 702 109 0.36 0.45 0.15
Germany 6,159 5,110 1,049 2.70 3.30 1.42
Other European Countries 4,848 4,683 165 2.12 3.02 0.22
United States of America 1,491 1,344 147 0.65 0.87 0.20
China 23,733 23,727 6 10.40 15.34 0.01
Other Countries 231 202 29 0.10 0.13 0.04
Born at Sea 627 353 274 0.27 0.22 0.37
Unspecified (British names) 251 173 78 0.11 0.11 0.11
Unspecified (Foreign names) 15 10 5 0.01 0.01 0.01
Unspecified (Names not mentioned) 479 435 44 0.21 0.28 0.06
British subjects by parentage, not born in British possessions 491 347 144 0.21 0.22 0.20
Migratory population (exclusive of Chinese)
Total 228,181 154,692 75,489 100.00 100.00 100.00
ALLEGIANCE.
British subjects 190,414 118,479 71,935 83.45 76.59 97.89
Foreign subjects 37,288 35,778 1,510 16.34 23.13 2.05
Allegiance unknown 479 435 44 0.21 0.28 0.06