Table 30.—Total Population and Total Habitations in each County (showing Municipal Districts and Divisions)., (12) COUNTY OF RIPON.

Reference to Map.	No. of Municipality.	Name of Municipal District and Division.	Other Counties into which Municipality extends.	Total Population.			Chinese.		Aborigines.		Habitations.
				Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Females.	Persons.	Females.	Inhabited Dwellings, including Tents.	Houses.
												Uninhabited.	Being built.
		TOTAL OF COUNTY		12,689	6,941	5,748	149	9	10	5	2,602	102	7
1	30	Bungaree Shire—
		Western riding	Talbot, Grant, and Grenville	102	52	50					24
1A	58	Creswick Shire—
		South riding	Talbot	22	6	16					5	1
	67	Ballarat Shire—
2		East riding	Talbot and Grenville	595	324	271					106	5
3		West riding	Talbot	638	329	309	3				133	6
4		South riding	Grenville	309	165	144	1				53	1
	65	Lexton Shire—
5		South riding	Talbot	236	147	89					47	1
5A		West riding	Talbot, Gladstone, & Kara Kara	52	28	24					9	1
	66	Ripon Shire—
6		North riding		2,964	1,558	1,406	39	1	9	5	631	31	1
7		East riding	Grenville	214	110	104	1				41
8		West riding		305	191	114					54	2
	76	Ararat Shire—
9		East riding		535	292	243					95
10		West riding		650	388	262					102
11		North riding	Kara Kara & Borough	2,487	1,556	931	57	7			716	10	3
12	2B	Ararat Borough		3,580	1,795	1,785	48	1	1		586	44	3