ws:--Church of England,
73,727, forming a clear majority upon the whole population. Scotch Kirk,
13,153, forming about a tenth of the whole amount of the inhabitants of
New South Wales. Members of the Church of Rome, 35,690, being rather
more than one-fourth of the population. Protestant Dissenters, including
Wesleyans, 5,093, making about one-twenty-sixth of the whole. Jews, 856,
Mahometans and Pagans, 207. Of the inhabitants of New South Wales in
1841, 101,749 were returned as free, while 26,977 were in bondage.[222]
In 1836, there was about one and three-quarters free to one bond, while
in 1841, there were four free to one bond, the proportion of free to the
whole population having gained sixteen per cent. in the five years.
Henceforth, from the natural increase by births, from the influx of
emigrants, and the stoppage of transportation, the advance will be much
more rapid. The population of Sydney was, in 1841, no less than 29,973
souls; of these, 16,505 were returned as members of the Church of
England; 8,126 belonged to the Romish Church; 3,111 were members of the
Scotch Kirk; 1,707 were Protestant Dissenters; 462 were Jews; and 62
Mahometans and Pagans. It will be seen, that in the population of the
metropolis of the colony, the proportions of the various religious
opinions are not very materially different from those in the whole
of New South Wales, except that the number of Roman Catholics and
Dissenters are greater, as they usually are in large towns, and that in
Sydney the Romanists have increased, whilst in the colony generally they
have diminished since the last census.

[221] "It has been found impossible to state accurately the present
population of Tasmania. No information could be obtained at the
well-known colonial publisher's (Cross's) in Holborn."

[222] These numbers are copied from a Sydney newspaper, but from some
difference in the elements of calculation, possibly from not including
the population of Norfolk Island, they do not quite tally with those
given above.

A few words may not be out of place, in a work descriptive of the
Australian colonies, upon the subject of emigration, but so much has
been written upon this matter, that a very few words may suffice to give
the opinions of those who are practically acquainted with the subject.
Undoubtedly, active, industrious, and prudent persons, are likely to
prosper in Australia to a degree which is impossible, and scarcely
credible