matter of no
little consequence
when a crowded Gaol is the subject of.
our consideration!
17. In due time the enlargement of the Gaol, will render possible the proper classification of prisoners.
18. The Registrar General has given 75,508 as the population of the Island, but I am greatly inclined to question the accuracy of this Return; it is less than last year's by some 1,600, and only about 4,000 over that for 1856.
It is most evident to me that the crowds in the houses
and streets are far more numerous than I have ever yet seen them at any period since the Census was first taken.
19. The outlying villages may have diminished in population, for the Colonial Surgeon's Report makes mention of an estimated number of 1400 falling victims to Cholera in "Aberdeen" alone, but as the main contributor to the Census Return is the city of Victoria, I look to the districts of this city for verification of my own opinion, and in this opinion, if I mistake not, I am supported