POPULATION OF AUSTRALIA.

Mr. Martin mentions a very curious fact. The increase of population, he

says, has been most rapid, and is to be accounted for by the number of

females born, the proportion being, with regard to males, as three to

one! The great preponderating number of females brought forth among

domesticated animals, will account for the countless herds of cattle

which overspread the colony.--_New Monthly Magazine._

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