Bachelors and Spinsters at Successive Censuses., TABLE V.—Showing (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) the Number of Bachelors of 20 Years old and upwards, and the Number of Spinsters of 15 Years old and upwards, the Excess of the former over the latter, and the Number of Bachelors to every 100 Spinsters, in each County and Pastoral District, and in the entire Colony, at the last Four Censuses.

Counties and Pastoral Districts.	1854.				1857.				1861.				1871.
	Number of Bachelors aged 20 Years and upwards.	Number of Spinsters aged 15 Years and upwards.	Excess of Bachelors over Spinsters.	Number of Bachelors to every 100 Spinsters.	Number of Bachelors aged 20 Years and upwards.	Number of Spinsters aged 15 Years and upwards.	Excess of Bachelors over Spinsters.	Number of Bachelors to every 100 Spinsters.	Number of Bachelors aged 20 Years and upwards.	Number of Spinsters aged 15 Years and upwards.	Excess of Bachelors over Spinsters.	Number of Bachelors to every 100 Spinsters.	Number of Bachelors aged 20 Years and upwards.	Number of Spinsters aged 15 Years and upwards.	Excess of Bachelors over Spinsters.	Excess of Spinsters over Bachelors.	Number of Bachelors to every 100 Spinsters.
Anglesey	167	27	140	619	242	51	191	474	436	41	395	1,063	1,078	274	804		393
Bourke	20,657	8,251	12,406	250	20,463	11,715	8,748	175	20,517	14,420	6,097	142	21,251	23,338		2,087	91
Dalhousie	1,834	244	1,590	752	2,511	480	2,031	5,231	4,878	1,078	3,800	452	3,239	1,554	1,685		208
Dundas	302	59	243	512	406	106	300	383	658	220	438	299	804	507	297		159
Evelyn	191	61	130	313	477	163	314	293	676	209	467	323	746	266	480		280
Follett	74	23	51	322	80	35	45	229	103	45	58	229	127	67	60		190
Grant	6,641	2,191	4,450	303	9,758	3,886	5,872	251	7,209	4,171	3,038	173	5,352	5,563		211	96
Grenville	3,127	165	2,962	1,895	4,156	579	3,577	718	5,190	1,279	3,911	406	5,235	3,706	1,529		141
Hampden	239	55	184	435	395	89	306	444	642	198	444	324	1,038	509	529		204
Heytesbury	60	12	48	500	108	29	79	372	154	49	105	314	284	143	141		199
Mornington	354	56	298	632	566	103	463	5,496	695	267	428	260	911	481	430		189
Normanby	391	386	5	101	536	414	122	129	746	545	201	137	765	803		38	95
Polwarth	144	53	91	272	277	103	174	269	320	130	190	246	387	274	113		141
Ripon	426	28	398	1,521	1,816	138	1,678	132	2,451	350	2,101	700	2,024	814	1,210		249
Talbot	5,929	256	5,673	2,316	13,483	1,033	12,450	130	13,833	2,008	11,825	689	8,598	3,767	4,831		228
Villiers	871	373	498	233	1,486	676	810	220	1,718	957	761	180	2,336	1,484	852		157
Gippsland	457	68	389	672	799	185	614	432	1,301	282	1,019	461	2,933	803	2,130		365
The Loddon	12,454	320	12,134	389	18,007	1,496	16,511	1,203	15,414	2,091	13,323	737	9,093	3,763	5,330		242
Rodney	763	25	738	3,052	845	52	793	1,625	1,097	101	996	1,086	1,400	342	1,058		409
The Murray	2,707	120	2,587	2,256	7,873	639	7,234	123	8,079	1,057	7,022	764	6,508	1,929	4,579		337
The Wimmera	1,134	70	1,064	1,620	1,773	97	1,676	183	10,999	579	10,420	1,900	3,519	1,064	2,455		331
Residue, comprising Shipping	8,382	197	8,185	4,255	2,298	13	2,285	17,677	2,197	107	2,090	2,053	922	13	909		7,092
Total	67,304	13,040	54,264	516	88,355	22,082	66,273	400	99,313	30,184	69,129	329	78,550	51,464	27,086		153