Husbands and Wives at Successive Censuses., TABLE VI.—Showing (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) the Number of Husbands and Wives, the Excess of the former over the latter, or the contrary, and the Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives, 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 Husbands.	Number of Wives.	Excess of Husbands over Wives.	Excess of Wives over Husbands.	Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives.	Number of Husbands.	Number of Wives.	Excess of Husbands over Wives.	Excess of Wives over Husbands.	Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives.	Number of Husbands.	Number of Wives.	Excess of Husbands over Wives.	Excess of Wives over Husbands.	Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives.	Number of Husbands.	Number of Wives.	Excess of Husbands over Wives.	Excess of Wives over Husbands.	Number of Husbands to every 100 Wives.
Anglesey	74	77		3	96	125	108	17		116	280	307		27	91	830	736	94		113
Bourke	18,999	16,987	2,012		112	24,280	23,783	497		102	28,944	29,964		1,020	97	37,228	38,845		1,617	95
Dalhousie	1,115	871	244		128	1,801	1,491	310		121	3,412	3,014	398		113	3,948	3,855	93		102
Dundas	209	204	5		102	381	371	10		103	558	514	44		109	955	977		22	98
Evelyn	213	205	8		104	479	415	64		115	600	553	47		108	927	870	57		107
Follett	60	65		5	92	86	84	2		102	113	117		4	96	178	178			100
Grant	6,165	5,702	463		108	11,448	10,752	696		106	11,042	11,315		273	97	11,032	11,490		458	96
Grenville	1,779	1,255	524		142	3,341	2,683	658		125	5,393	4,965	428		109	9,416	9,633		217	98
Hampden	136	136			100	317	300	17		106	505	473	32		107	1,062	982	80		108
Heytesbury	72	61	11		118	99	89	10		111	155	155			100	462	462			100
Mornington	221	177	44		125	445	387	58		116	745	694	51		107	1,212	1,132	80		107
Normanby	686	723		37	95	1,099	1,098	1		100	1,321	1,356		35	97	1,551	1,578		27	98
Polwarth	190	178	12		107	287	266	21		108	345	341	4		101	578	558	20		104
Ripon	206	178	28		116	951	785	166		121	1,496	1,322	174		113	2,054	1,991	63		103
Talbot	3,374	2,320	1,054		145	8,069	6,409	1,660		126	10,306	9,042	1,264		114	11,284	11,024	260		102
Villiers	1,020	1,031		11	99	1,903	1,922		19	99	2,255	2,241	14		101	2,931	2,912	19		101
Gippsland	320	303	17		106	622	576	46		108	1,125	1,002	123		112	2,700	2,531	169		107
The Loddon	5,124	3,331	1,793		154	9,313	7,024	2,289		133	10,671	9,502	1,169		112	11,259	10,833	426		104
Rodney	239	173	66		138	282	189	93		149	456	398	58		115	1,095	1,029	66		106
The Murray	1,022	711	311		144	3,249	2,487	762		131	4,652	3,983	669		117	6,386	6,221	165		103
The Wimmera	362	322	40		112	714	627	87		114	4,083	3,164	919		129	3,372	3,180	192		106
Residue, comprising Migratory Population	3,220	398	2,822		809	760	109	651		697	1,227	315	912		390	344	30	314		1,147
Total	44,806	35,408	9,398		127	70,051	61,955	8,096		113	89,684	84,737	4,947		106	110,804	111,047		243	100