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In the third report of the Board, the number and distribution of the natives of Victoria were—on 25th September 1863—as follows:—

Districts.	Localities.	Authority.	Total Number of Men, Women, and Children.
Southern	Wawoorong or Yarra tribe	Green	22
	Boonoorong or Coast tribe	Thomas	11
			———	33
South-Western	Geelong and Colac tribes	Green	28
	Camperdown	Green	40
	Warrnambool	Musgrove	51
	Belfast and Port Fairy	Green	17
	Portland	Green	100
	Casterton	Green	45
	Balmoral	Green	53
	Hamilton	Learmonth	58
	Mortlake	Green	43
	Mount Emu and Ballarat	Porteous	69
	Wickliffe, Mount Rouse, and Hexham	Gray	70
	Bacchus Marsh	Maclean and Young	33
	Franklinford	Stanbridge	38
			———	645
North-Western	Yaako-yaako tribe	Goodwin	66
	Yarre-yarre tribe	Goodwin	39
	Kamink tribe	Goodwin	27
	Kukyne, Lower Murray	Green	50
	Swan Hill, Lower Murray	Green	171
	Boort, Lower Loddon	Green	65
	Gunbower	Houston	72
	Cobram	Green	38
	Horsham and vicinity	Speiseke	31
	Glenelg and Mount Talbot	Speiseke	45
	Richardson and Morton Plains	Speiseke	52
	Lake Hindmarsh and vicinity	Speiseke	112
			———	768
Northern	Campaspe and Echuca	Strutt	74
	Goulburn	Green	95
			———	169
South-Eastern	Port Albert	Hagenaner	17
	La Trobe and Rosedale	Hagenaner	51
	Macalister, Maffra, Upper Mitchell, Omeo, &c.	Hagenauer	52
	Nicholson, Tambo, Bruthen, and Lake Tyers	Hagenauer	66
	Buchan, Snowy River, &c.	Hagenaner	35
			———	221
North-Eastern	Tangamballanga	Green	45
	Barnawartha	Green	27
			———	72
				1,908

Note.

The principle adopted last year has been adhered to in compiling the above return, namely, to obtain from one person, where possible, returns for a whole district, using the other returns only as a check. The above figures must be taken as approximations only. It would be very difficult and expensive to take a census yearly, and no good purpose would be served if it were done.}}

There is apparently a reduction in the total numbers amounting to 257, which is accounted for