TABLE XXI.—Showing the Numbers and Proportions per Cent. of Persons of different Birthplaces at the last Eight Censuses.

Birthplace.	Persons.
	1846.		1851.		1854.		1857.		1861.		1871.		1881.		1891.
	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.	Numbers.	Proportions per Cent.
In Australasian Colonies	7,583	23.06	20,470	26.47	41,233	17.42	84,881	20.67	157,911	29.23	358,284	48.98	539,060	62.51	793,304	69.56
England	10,100	30.73	28,908	37.37	97,943	41.36	147,182	35.83	169,586	31.39	164,287	22.46	142,906	16.57	157,813	13.84
Wales	121	0.37	377	0.49	2,326	0.98	4,522	1.10	6,055	1.12	6,614	0.90	4,547	0.53	5,094	0.45
Scotland	4,225	12.85	8,053	10.41	36,044	15.22	53,199	12.95	60,701	11.23	56,210	7.68	48,153	5.58	50,667	4.44
Ireland	9,126	27.75	14,618	18.90	39,728	16.78	64,592	15.72	87,160	16.13	100,468	13.73	86,733	10.06	85,307	7.48
Other British Dominions, and at Sea	1,403	4.27	3,425	4.43	4,723	1.99	8,027	1.95	8,030	1.48	8,368	1.15	10,148	1.18	13,094	1.15
Foreign Countries	321	0.97	1,494	1.93	12,892	5.44	42,948	10.46	46,338	8.58	37,297	5.10	30,799	3.57	35,126	3.08
Unspecified*					1,909	0.81	5,415	1.32	4,541	0.84
Total	32,879	100.00	77,345	100.00	236,798	100.00	410,766	100.00	540,322	100.00	731,528	100.00	862,346	100.00	1,140,405	100.00
ALLEGIANCE.
British Subjects	32,558	99.01	75,851	98.07	223,750	94.49	367,060	89.36	493,422	91.32	694,231	94.90	831,547	96.43	1,105,279	96.92
Foreign Subjects	321	0.97	1,494	1.93	13,048	5.51	43,706	10.64	46,900	8.68	37,297	5.10	30,799	3.57	35,126	3.08