NRS-1276 | 1833 Census: Abstracts of returns

There are three abstracts as follows: Abstract of returns recording: total number of returns (for district), progressive number of returns (ie. running numbers covered by each bundle of returns from a particular district), name of district, name of town district or establishment (for which separate bundles of returns were made), persons on the establishment divided into males and females and within these headings into free and convict, free further sub-divided into above 12 and under 12; general total. Religious categories then noted are Protestant, Roman Catholics, Jews, Pagan, uncertain. The columns are totalled at the bottom of the page. At the beginning of the list the name of the district is recorded in the appropriate column. For the greater part of the list, however, the district number only is given. The list is a rough copy, in ink and pencil. There is no apparent order of arrangement (4/1242.1). The second abstract (4/1242.2) records the same information as above with minor variations. The third list (4/1243.3) is a rough incomplete list. (4/1242.1-.3). 1 bundle (part). Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.