Shipping., TABLE XXIX.—Showing the Number and Description of Ships and Vessels in Victorian Waters on the night of the 2nd of April 1871, the Locality of such Ships and Vessels, and the Population Resident therein.
Locality. Population. Description of Vessels.
Total (including Chinese). Chinese (all Males) Total Number. Victorian Government Vessels. Merchant Shipping. Russian CorvetteHaydamack.
Persons. Males. Females. War and Surveying. Reformatory and Penal. Steam Dredges. Light-ships. Others. Steamers. Ships and Barques. Brigs, Brigantines, and Schooners. Ketches and Cutters. Hulks. Lighters.
Hobson's Bay 1,654 1,621 33 18 93 3 2 2 1 2 12 35 14 8 4 9 1
Yarra and Saltwater Rivers 382 372 10 2 65 1 15 14 20 8 7
Dromana 4 4 2 2
Geelong Harbor 40 38 2 8 1 2 2 3
Queenseliff 35 31 4 4 1 1 2
Western Port Bay 3 3 2 1 1
Portarlington 3 3 1 1
Warrnambool Harbor 44 40 4 4 4
Belfast Harbor 28 28 3 1 2
Portland Harbor 21 20 1 1 1
Port Albert 15 15 1 1
Sale 4 4 1 1
Bairnsdale 2 2 1 1
Reeves' River 7 6 1 1 1
Murray River 10 10 1 1
Total 2,252 2,197 55 20 188 4 2 3 3 3 30 53 46 23 4 16 1