TABLE IX.—SUMMARY showing the AREA, the NUMBER of INHABITANTS, the NUMBER of MALES and FEMALES, the NUMBER of ADULT MALES, and the NUMBER of HOUSES in each MUNICIPALITY, at the date of the CENSUS of 1881 ; also the ASSESSED ANNUAL VALUE of RATEABLE PROPERTY therein, at the date of the CENSUS of 1870 and 1881.

Municipalities.	Area.		1881.					Assessed Annual Value of Rateable Property.
	Square Miles.	Acres.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Adult Males.	Houses.	1870.	1881.	Increase.
								£	£	£
Albany	9.12	5,846	1,024	552	472	303	178	2,550	4,981	2,431
Bunbury	0.33	212	583	305	278	168	112	1,809	2,288	479
Busselton*	1.24	795	289	144	145	72	46	878	1,039	161
Fremantle	3.82	2,443	3,641	1,967	1,674	1,087	685	12,044	21,902	9,858
Geraldton†	5.47	3,500	911	483	428	271	175	2,119	6,078	3,959
Guildford	0.97	627	529	279	250	125	105	2,887	4,146	1,259
Newcastle‡	0.92	590	208	115	93	63	46	1,056	1,056
Northam	2.00	1,280	252	134	118	57	42		503	503
Perth	5.23	3,350	5,044	2,479	2,565	1,235	932	14,900	28,885	13,985
York*	6.00	3,840	757	433	324	250	153	2,203	2,851	648
Total	35.10	22,483	13,238	6,891	6,347	3,631	2,474	40,446	73,729	33,283