The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47
Australasia, Erc
Australasia, Erc.
New South Wales, 1878 | 630,843 |
Victoria, 1876 | 841,938 |
South Australia, 1876 | 229,630 |
Queensland, 1876 | 187,109 |
West Australia, 1876 | 27,321 |
Tasmania, 1876 | 105,484 |
New Zealand and Chatham, 1876. | 444,545 |
Rest of Polynesia | 1,896,090 |
Without going into details as respects Africa, the following figures are taken. In 1877 Algeria had 2,867,625 in habitants. The population of Egypt is now estimated at 17,000,000, and the equatorial regions of Africa at 44,000,000 Cafire-land north of the Transvaal is estimated at 1,000,000; Orange River Free State, 65,000; the Transvaal, 275,000; Natal (in 1875), 300,959 inhabitants; and Cape Colony, 1,148,462
As respects N. and S America the following is extracted:—Greenland (1876) is estimated to have a population of 10,000; Nicaragua (1877), 300,000; Brazil (1872), 11,-108,219; Guiana (1875). 342,300; Ecuador (1875), 1,066,000; Peru (1876), 3,000,000; Chili (1875), 2,333 568; Uruguay (1876), 445,000; Paraguay (1876), 293,844
Censuses of Canada.–For summary of censuses of the British North American Provinces from the first settlements to 1871, see Year Book of 1877, page 9.
For Census of Canada of property and shipping, products of field and forests, fisheries, mines, industries, manufactures, &c. See Year Book of 1876, page 9.
For Census of Canada of superficies in acres, dwellings, families, males and females, married and widowed, children and unmarried, religions, origins, places of birth, ages, children going to school, blind, unsound mind, occupations by classes, deaths by sexes, deaths, married, widowed, single, place of birth of dead, religion and occupation of dead, causes of death, acres of the dead, churches, buildings, orphanages, universities, boarding schools, penitentiaries and gaols. See Year Book of 1875, page 115.