SUMMARY BY ELECTORAL PROVINCES., TABLE V.—Summary of the Population and of the Number of Houses in each Electoral Province according to the Census taken on the 2nd April 1871.

Electoral Provinces.	Total Population (including Chinese and Aborigines).			Chinese.			Aborigines.			Number of Dwellings.
	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Inhabited.	Uninhabited.	Building.	Total.
Central	89,961	91,011	180,972	590	22	612	5		5	34,732	2,028	512	37,272
Southern.	37,828	31,052	68,880	491		491	68	56	124	12,957	687	72	13,716
South-Western	73,268	65,315	138,583	2,811	7	2,818	17	9	26	28,134	2,627	120	30,881
Western	35,160	28,635	63,795	532	2	534	50	30	80	11,483	599	100	12,182
North-Western	114,835	83,222	198,057	8,349	11	8,360	237	141	378	45,984	2,018	207	48,209
Eastern	46,995	30,085	77,080	4,994	1	4,995	139	107	246	17,043	969	117	18,129
Shipping, &c.	2,205	82	2,287	3		3				20	1		21
Total	400,252	329,402	729,654	17,770	43	17,813	516	343	859	150,353	8,929	1,128	160,410