TABLE I.—SUMMARY showing the NUMBER of PERSONS, MALES and FEMALES, of each NATIONALITY, in WESTERN AUSTRALIA, at the DATE of the CENSUS of 1870 and 1881 respectively (exclusive of Aborigines).
| Nationalities. |
1870. |
1881. |
Increase. |
Decrease. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
| BORN IN BRITISH POSSESSIONS : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Western Australia |
5,496 |
5,426 |
10,922 |
8,888 |
8,885 |
17,773 |
3,392 |
3,459 |
6,851 |
|
|
|
| England and Wales |
5,378 |
1,890 |
7,268 |
4,980 |
1,780 |
6,760 |
|
|
|
398 |
110 |
508 |
| Scotland |
588 |
174 |
762 |
575 |
157 |
732 |
|
|
|
13 |
17 |
30 |
| Ireland |
1,857 |
1,712 |
3,569 |
1,519 |
1,456 |
2,975 |
|
|
|
338 |
256 |
594 |
| Other British Possessions |
197 |
147 |
344 |
423 |
272 |
695 |
226 |
125 |
351 |
|
|
|
| FOREIGN STATES : |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| America |
91 |
14 |
105 |
68 |
19 |
87 |
|
5 |
5 |
23 |
|
23 |
| Germany |
38 |
5 |
43 |
61 |
10 |
71 |
23 |
5 |
28 |
|
|
|
| France |
22 |
11 |
33 |
21 |
9 |
30 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Spain |
93 |
2 |
95 |
85 |
|
85 |
|
|
|
8 |
2 |
10 |
| Portugal |
82 |
20 |
102 |
5 |
|
5 |
331 |
32 |
363 |
|
|
|
| Russia |
|
|
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Austria |
|
|
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Italy |
|
|
|
9 |
1 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Holland |
|
|
|
9 |
2 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Denmark |
|
|
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Norway |
|
|
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sweden |
|
|
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Greece |
|
|
|
10 |
4 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| China |
|
|
|
145 |
|
145 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Malacea, &c. |
|
|
|
110 |
|
110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other States |
|
|
|
9 |
2 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AT SEA |
|
|
|
48 |
43 |
91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| UNSPECIFIED |
1533* |
9 |
1,542 |
29 |
6 |
35 |
|
|
|
1,504 |
3 |
1,507 |
| Grand Total of the Colony |
15,375 |
9,410 |
24,785 |
17,062 |
12,646 |
29,708 |
3,972 |
3,626 |
7,598 |
2,285 |
390 |
2,675 |