The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-12 00:00:00

STATISTICS OF NEW SOUTH WALEB.-An official
document, containing the statistics of New South Wales, in.
eluding Port Philip, from 1840 to 1849, has just reached
this country, and furnishes an interesting view of the pro-
grem of that colony. With regard to population, it ap-
pure in the ten years nearly to have doubled, the total in
1840 having been 129.463, while in 1819 it was 246,299, of
which number 101,470 were females. The proportionate
recess of males was much greater in 1810 than at present,
but the rapid diminution of the disparity is not to he
attributed so much to the greater eveaness of the subse-
quent immigration es to the extended duration of female
life compared with that of the other sex, and to the
tact of the children born being more nearly balanced.
Of 73,481 births sine* 1840. 311,310 were males, and
37,171 were females. while si 26.1131 deaths aneeng the
entire population 13,978 were Miass and only 9,343 were
husks, In deaths amongst whiles the sarnibier at men
each year is nearly twice that of women. swing deabtlem in
a greet degree to habits of intemperance. The meseher
marriages in 1819 was suck as to indicate the returning
prosperity of the country. After the commercial emblems
and the cheek to immigration they had fallen from 2,611 to
about 1,800, horn which there was little varieties until
1819, when the total was 2,366. The year of the largest
immigration wan 1811, when it reached 22,483. The lowest
year was 1848, after the land and banking disasters, when
it fell to 402. In 1819 it was again large, and amounted to
19.340. The total itumimtion since the foundation of the
colony, appears to have been 107,403, of whom 82,613 were
despatched at the public expense; the total paid from the
territorial revenue from 1832 to 1819 having been 1,309,4471.
Since 1839 the religions of the public emigrants have been
recorded, and there appear to have been 48,889 protest-
ant'. 23,337 catholic', and 79 other denominations. As
regards the currency of the colony, there have been great
variations. In 1810 the coin in the banks was 3970611.,
and after having risen in 1845 to 835,1661., it again dectiaed
to 613,4 W., at which it stood in 1849. The schools have
increased in the ten years from 167 with 9,060 scholars to
658 with 25,6'12 scholars. Of these 668 schools 222 are sup-
ported in whole or in part by grants from the colonial tees-
eery, amountmg to 16,796/. per annum, the number of pupils
being 16,426, of whom 6,653 are Church of England, 2,6 M
Presbyterian, 1,878 Wesleyan, 219 Independent, and 3,313
Roman Catholic. The number of lunatic. in asylums on the
31st of December, 1819, wan3l6 male (chicly convicts), and
only 98 female. With respect to crime, the convictions for
felony, notwithstanding the population has nearly doubled,
bare decreased from 662 in 1840 to 643 in 1849, and those
ler misdemeanour from 170 to 126. There were eight exe-
cutions also in the former year and only four in the latter.
Litigation likewise seems to have decreased in a manner
atilt more satisfactory, the cues tried in the Supreme
Court haring been 4454 in 1840 and only 160 in 1849. The
declared value of the imports in 1819 was 1,793,4201.,
and of the exports 1,891,2701., of which 1,238,6591.
consisted of wool, and 249,9321. of tallow. The
shipping entered inwards numbered 898 vessels, with
218,967 tonnage; the total outwards being 907 vessels,
with 214,066 tonnage. The revenue was 675,6921., and the
expenditure of 616,5331. The land under cultivation,
exclusive of gardens and orchards, is described as follows:-
Wheat, 90,706 acres, producing 1,917,263 bushels; maize,
23,368 acres, 276,641 bushels ; Barley, 10,350 acres, 1u9,292
bushels; Oats, 8,378 acres, 179,238 bushels; Rye, 203 acres,
2,959 bushels; Millet, 18 acres, 134 bushel. ; potatoes,
6,289 acres, 14,229 toes ; tobacco, 438 acres, 4,244
ant. ; grasses, 42,812 acres, 47,664 tons;-total, 181,612
acres. This, as compared with the return for 1840,
shows that the greatest increase in cultivation has
been in grasses, potatoes, barley, and oats, while in
maize there has been a decrease. Resides these products,
however, there are now 1,127 acres of vineyard, yielding
101,063 gallons of wiuc and 1,781 galloon of brandy, the
quantity having been steadily Merton*, since 1843. The
tendency to an increase in livestock r shown mostly in
sheep and horses, and the totals are-horses, 121,859;
horned cattle, 1,810,'13; pigs, 68,674; and sheep,
12,102,540 The another of animals slaughtered in
1849 for tallow was 743,313 sheen and 45,060 horned
rattle, besides 2.50 hogs for lard. The boiling-down
houses have increased within twelve months from 62
to 95. The number of mills for grain is stated as
follows -In 1840, steam 28; water, 23 ; wind, 34 ; horse,
14. In 1819, steam, 70; water, 41; wind, 28; horse, 29.
ne_progress of the land sales is also subjoined:-1840,
316,6261. • 1811, 90,3871. ; 1812, 14,6741.• 1843, 11,297/. ;
1844, 7,402 ; 1845, 18,131/. ; 1846, 27,060 i; 1847, 62,9011. ;
1848, 47,2621. ; 1849, 86,7341. • and the
treed upon land in 1849 in Sydney were for lria,a4F9B/.,=
basing been 1,008,741 L during the time of inflation from
1841 to 1944, while at Port Philip it was 116,1671., IA"
having been 270,413/. The amount of debentures honed
by the local government outstanding on the 31st of Decem-
ber, 1349, bearing interest at 30. per diem, and payable
either in Landes er the colony, wee 76,0001.