TABLE XXIII.—Showing the Proportion of Males and Females in every One Hundred Persons of each Nationality at the last Five Censuses.

Birthplace.	Proportion of the Sexes in every One HUndred Persons living in—
	1857.		1861.		1871.		1881.		1891.
	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
Total	64.35	35.65	60.83	39.17	54.82	45.18	52.42	47.58	52.47	47.53
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Victoria	50.67	49.33	50.26	49.74	50.24	49.76	49.58	50.42	49.71	50.29
Other Australian Colonies and New Zealand	53.46	46.54	52.11	47.89	49.91	50.09	47.94	52.06	49.76	50.24
England	66.60	33.40	63.71	36.29	59.53	40.47	57.84	42.16	58.98	41.02
Wales	72.91	27.09	71.56	28.44	63.34	36.66	60.88	39.12	62.23	37.77
Scotland	63.52	36.48	61.01	38.99	56.00	44.00	54.46	45.54	56.06	43.94
Ireland	54.42	45.58	54.13	45.87	48.97	51.03	47.53	52.47	50.16	49.84
Other British Possessions	74.43	25.57	73.60	26.40	67.74	32.26	64.28	35.72	64.49	35.51
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
France and French Colonies	83.31	16.69	82.08	17.92	73.25	26.75	78.11	21.89	69.93	30.07
Germany (including Austria)*	79.47	20.53	77.92	22.08	73.91	26.09	72.33	27.67	72.78	27.22
Other European Countries	94.97	5.03	94.58	5.42	90.87	9.13	88.82	11.18	86.87	13.13
United States of America	88.49	11.51	86.49	13.51	73.30	26.70	70.21	29.79	69.02	30.98
China	100.00		99.97	0.03	99.83	0.17	99.53	0.47	98.44	1.56
Other Countries	86.41	13.59	85.22	14.78	69.47	30.53	70.76	29.24	69.73	30.27
At Sea	54.93	45.07	53.64	46.36	53.05	46.95	50.95	49.05	52.31	47.69
Unspecified	80.43	19.57	80.59	19.41	68.74	31.26	59.95	40.05	55.31	44.69
ALLEGIANCE.
British Subjects	60.89	39.11	57.81	42.19	52.98	47.02	51.18	48.82	51.52	48.48
Foreign Subjects	93.38	6.62	92.50	7.50	89.08	10.92	86.08	13.92	82.55	17.45