TABLE XIII.—Showing the Number of Inhabitants of Ships and Vessels in Victorian Waters on the Night of the 5th April, 1891, the Number and Locality of such Ships and Vessels, how they were Owned and how Rigged, their Tonnage, the Materials of which they were Constructed, and their Nationality.
| Locality. |
Population. |
Total Number of Ships and Vessels. |
Description of Vessels. |
| Total (including Chinese). |
Chinese (all Males). |
Victorian Government. |
Harbor Trust. |
Owned Privately. |
Materials. |
Nationality. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
War Vessels. |
Tugs and Steamers. |
Dredges. |
Snagging Boats. |
Hulks. |
Light Vessels. |
Tugs and Steamers. |
Dredges. |
Hopper Barges. |
Hulks. |
How Rigged. |
Hulks. |
Lighters. |
Dredges. |
Tons Burden. |
Iron. |
Steel. |
Wood and Iron. |
Wood. |
Not stated. |
Victoria. |
New South Wales. |
South Australia. |
Tasmania. |
New Zealand. |
United Kingdom. |
Norway. |
Sweden. |
Germany. |
Austria. |
United States. |
| Steamers. |
Ships and Barques. |
Brigs, Brigantines, and Schooners. |
Ketches, Cutters, and Yawls. |
Steamers. |
Sailing Vessels. |
Total. |
| Port of Melbourne |
1,964 |
1,813 |
151 |
26 |
222 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
4 |
11 |
17 |
1 |
43 |
36 |
27 |
25 |
6 |
44 |
1 |
30,417 |
46,028 |
76,445 |
79 |
11 |
3 |
125 |
4 |
162 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
30 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
| Albert Park Lake |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Portland |
48 |
34 |
14 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
300 |
216 |
516 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Warrnambool |
20 |
20 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
362 |
|
362 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Lorne |
2 |
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Larna Bay |
11 |
11 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
217 |
217 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Queenscliff (including Port Phillip and outside Heads) |
36 |
36 |
|
4 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
284 |
284 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Swan Island |
11 |
11 |
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Portarlington |
3 |
3 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
26 |
26 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Geelong |
111 |
111 |
|
|
15 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
3,348 |
2,625 |
5,973 |
6 |
|
1 |
8 |
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Point Cook |
2 |
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gellibrand Point |
3 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mornington |
10 |
10 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
48 |
48 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dromana |
3 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
29 |
29 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rye |
5 |
5 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
27 |
27 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sorrento |
3 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
23 |
23 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Point King |
3 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
28 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Flinders |
5 |
5 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
40 |
40 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Phillip Island |
6 |
6 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
46 |
46 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| San Remo |
2 |
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
56 |
|
56 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Foster |
7 |
7 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
59 |
59 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wilson's Promontory |
4 |
4 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
39 |
39 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Port Albert |
23 |
23 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
114 |
50 |
164 |
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gippsland Lakes— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sale |
7 |
6 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
67 |
67 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bairnsdale |
8 |
7 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
147 |
43 |
190 |
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Tambo River |
21 |
21 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
98 |
34 |
132 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cunningham |
16 |
12 |
4 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
150 |
|
150 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other parts of Lakes |
12 |
12 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
90 |
30 |
120 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Snowy River |
4 |
4 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
44 |
44 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Murray River— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Echuca |
8 |
6 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
377 |
|
377 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Swan Hill |
13 |
13 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
90 |
|
90 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mildura |
42 |
35 |
7 |
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
213 |
13 |
226 |
|
|
1 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Other places in Murray River |
23 |
23 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
256 |
|
256 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Goulburn River |
2 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
78 |
|
78 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
2,439 |
2,259 |
180 |
30 |
312 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
17 |
1 |
70 |
40 |
41 |
55 |
6 |
45 |
1 |
36,113 |
50,016 |
86,129 |
88 |
12 |
9 |
192 |
11 |
241 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
36 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
5 |