BIRTHPLACES, 1854-1881.—NUMBERS AND PROPORTIONS., TABLE XXIX.—Showing the Numbers and Proportions per Cent. of Persons, Males, and Females of different Birthplaces at the last Five Censuses—continued.

Birthplace.	1871.						1881.
	Numbers.			Proportions per Cent.			Numbers.			Proportions per Cent.1
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total	731,528	401,050	330,478	100.00	100.00	100.00	862,346	452,083	410,263	100.00	100.00	100.00
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
In Victoria	329,597	165,573	164,024	45.06	41.28	49.64	499,199	247,528	251,671	57.89	54.75	61.34
Other Australian Colonies and New Zealand2	28,687	14,318	14,369	3.92	3.57	4.35	39,861	19,108	20,753	4.62	4.23	5.06
England	164,287	97,796	66,491	22.46	24.39	20.12	142,906	82,658	60,248	16.57	18.28	14.69
Wales	6,614	4,189	2,425	0.90	1.04	0.73	4,547	2,768	1,779	0.53	0.61	0.44
Scotland	56,210	31,475	24,735	7.68	7.85	7.48	48,153	26,224	21,929	5.58	5.80	5.35
Ireland	100,468	49,198	51,270	13.73	12.27	15.51	86,733	41,226	45,507	10.06	9.12	11.09
Other British Possessions2	3,773	2,556	1,217	0.52	0.64	0.37	3,564	2,291	1,273	0.41	0.51	0.31
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
In France and French Colonies	1,170	857	313	0.16	0.21	0.09	1,334	1,042	292	0.15	0.23	0.07
Germany (including Austria)3	9,264	6,847	2,417	1.27	1.71	0.73	8,894	6,433	2,461	1.03	1.42	0.60
Other European Countries2	5,771	5,244	527	0.79	1.31	0.16	6,083	5,403	680	0.71	1.20	0.17
United States of America	2,423	1,776	647	0.33	0.44	0.20	2,343	1,645	698	0.27	0.37	0.17
China	17,857	17,826	31	2.44	4.44	0.01	11,799	11,743	56	1.37	2.60	0.01
Other Countries2	285	198	87	0.04	0.05	0.03	277	196	81	0.03	0.04	0.02
At Sea (British Subjects)	2,035	1,081	954	0.28	0.27	0.29	1,877	960	917	0.22	0.21	0.22
At Sea (Foreign Subjects)	29	14	15				17	5	12
Unspecified (British Names)	2,560	1,640	920	0.35	0.41	0.28	4,707	2,807	1,900	0.55	0.62	0.46
Unspecified (Foreign Names)	498	462	36	0.07	0.12	0.01	52	46	6	0.01	0.01
Unspecified (Names not mentioned)
ALLEGIANCE.
British Subjects	694,231	367,826	326,405	94.90	91.72	98.77	831,547	425,570	405,977	96.43	94.13	98.96
Foreign Subjects	37,297	33,224	4,073	5.10	8.28	1.23	30,799	26,513	4,286	3.57	5.87	1.04
Allegiance unknown