TOWNS IN WHICH POPULATION INCREASED BETWEEN 1871 AND 1881.
Name of Town. Population.* Increase.
1871. 1881.
Ararat 2,370 2,740 370
Brighton 3,059 4,755 1,696
Brunswick † 4,388 6,598 2,210
Carisbrook 941 1,089 148
Chiltern 1,212 1,243 31
Collingwood 18,598 23,829 5,231
Eaglehawk 6,590 7,362 772
Echuca 1,649 4,789 3,140
Emerald Hill ‡ 17,101 24,525 7,424
Essendon and Flemington 2,456 5,061 2,605
Fitzroy § 15,547 22,742 7,195
Footscray 2,473 5,993 3,520
Hamilton 2,349 2,967 618
Hawthorn 3,329 6,019 2,690
Hotham 13,491 17,839 4,348
Inglewood 1,189 1,200 11
Kew 2,430 4,288 1,858
Maryborough 2,935 3,297 362
Melbourne 54,993 65,859 10,866
Prahran 14,096 21,168 7,072
Queenscliff 954 1,216 262
Richmond 16,889 23,405 6,576
Sale 2,105 3,073 968
Sandhurst 21,987 28,153 6,166
Sandridge 6,388 8,771 2,383
St. Arnaud 1,101 2,629 1,528
Stawell 5,166 7,348 2,182
St. Kilda ‖ 9,085 13,344 4,259
Warrnambool 3,799 4,839 1,040
Williamstown 7,126 9,034 1,908
Total 245,796 335,175 89,379