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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — VICTORIA
The average density ol the populatiou is 15 persous to the square mile, or one person to every 43 acres.
The population in 1891 included 9,377 Chinese aud 565 aborigines ; in 1901, 7,349 Chinese and 652 aborigines ; and in 1911, 5,601 Chinese and 643 aborigines.
At the date of the census of 1911, 98 per cent, of the population were British subjects by birth ; native Victorians numbered 1,010,219, or 77 per cent, of the population ; natives of the other Australian States, 98,726 ; of New Zealand, 10,067 ; of England and Wales, 89,382 ; of Ireland, 41,477 ; of Scotland, 26,577 ; of Germany, 6,142 ; and of other countries, 32,961.
Of the total population in 1901, there were 534,049 bread-winners and 662,355 dependants, while 4,937 were not accounted for. Of the bread- winners there were — professional, 35,224 ; domestic, 66,815 ; commercial, 79,048 ; industrial, 146,233: engaged in transport, 31,516; primary pro- ducers, 165,147 (including agricultural, 100,403 ; pastoral, 32,379 ; lisheries, 918; mining, 31,447); indefinite, 10,066.
About three-fifths of the total population of Victoria live in towns. At the end of 1911 it was estimated that the town populatiou numbered 814,570, out of a total population of 1,337,678.
Inclusive of the suburbs the estimated populatiou on December 31, 1911, of Melbourne was 600,160, or more than two-fifths of that of the State ; and the population at the Census of 1911 of the undermentioned towns Avas as follows : — Ballarat, 42,403 ; Bendigo, 39,417 ; Geelong, 28,518 ; Warnambool, 7,010 ; Castlemaine, 7,020 ; Maryborough, 5,675 ; and Stawell, 4,410 ; and Hamilton, 4,900.
The following are the births, deaths, and marriages in the State for five years
Year
Total Births
31,369 31,101 31,549 31,437 33,044
Illegitimate
Deaths
Marriages
Surplus of Births
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
1,762 1,790 1,867 1,759 1,964
14,542 15,767 14,436 14,736 15,217
9,575
9,334
9,431
10,240
11,088
16,827 15,334 17,113 16,701 17,827
The recorded immigration into and emigration from the State of Victoria by sea were as follow in each of the five years : —
Year
Immigration (by sea) Emigration (by sea)
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
75,784 76,863 78,744 82,594 102,229
73,045 78,614 73,768 77,951 85,329
Of the immigrants in 1911, 61,139 were males and 41,090 were females and of the emigrants 50,190 were males aud 35,139 females.
Heligion.
There is no State Church in Victoria, and no State assistance has been given to religion since 1875. At the date of the census of 1911 76;^ per cent, of the population Avere Trotestants, 22.^ per cent, were Roman Catholics, and a half per cent, were Jews. The following were the
