Statistical Tables relating to the Colony of Western Australia, from 1872 to 1881 (inclusive)., Prepared by the Private Secretary for the use of His Excellency the Governor.
1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
1. POPULATION Persons No. 25,724 25,761 26,209 26,709 27,321 27,838 28,166 28,668 29,019 30,013
Males No. 15,680 15,569 15,722 15,910 16,166 16,326 16,409 16,628 16,559 17,216
Females No. 10,044 10,192 10,487 10,799 11,155 11,512 11,757 12,040 12,460 12,797
2. BIRTHS Males No. 426 422 445 378 474 459 438 528 448 522
Females No. 402 387 431 382 444 453 433 449 485 483
Total No. 828 809 876 760 918 912 871 977 933 1,005
3. DEATHS Males No. 246 269 324 309 238 284 255 281 266 273
Females No. 112 149 163 164 145 149 139 130 116 139
Total No. 358 418 487 473 383 433 394 411 382 412
4. MARRIAGES No. 142 161 181 192 191 176 182 215 214 197
5. IMMIGRATION No. 320 285 660 733 727 613 322 214 1,510 611
6. EMIGRATION No. 419 639 601 520 650 575 581 278 1,159 690
7. IMMIGRATION—Expenditure upon £ 111 70 1,690 999 6,724 1,721 1,163 1,368 2,391
8. REVENUE £ 105,300 134,831 148,072 157,775 162,189 165,412 163,344 196,315 180,049 *254313
9. EXPENDITURE £ 98,248 114,269 143,256 169,230 179,484 182,959 198,243 195,812 204,337 197,386
10. IMPORTS £ 226,656 297,327 364,262 349,840 386,036 362,706 379,049 407,299 353,669 404,831
11. EXPORTS £ 209,196 265,217 428,836 391,217 397,292 373,351 428,491 447,983 499,183 502,769
12. IMPORTS—Value per head of population £ 8 16 2 11 10 1 13 17 11 13 1 11 14 2 7 13 0 7 13 9 1 14 2 11 12 3 9 13 9 9
13. EXPORTS—Value per head of population £ 8 2 7 10 5 10 16 7 2 14 12 11 14 10 9 13 8 2 15 4 7 12 2 9 17 0 4 16 15 0
14. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS—Value per head of population £ 16 18 9 21 15 11 30 5 1 27 14 10 28 13 4 26 8 9 28 13 8 26 5 8 29 4 1 30 4 9
15. SHIPPING—Inwards No. of vessels 146 137 144 154 173 142 155 162 165 185
tons 69,306 69,669 65,351 66,919 38,949 73,596 80,655 84,951 123,985 145,048