[8] It now (1849) exceeds 200,000 souls.
[9] Colonial Magazine, i. 431, 433.
[10] While we write these lines, the following advertisement, which appeared in the Times of Oct. 10, will illustrate this vital difference:—
"Emigration.—The undersigned are prepared to forward intending emigrants to every colony now open for colonisation, at the following rates of passage-money:—To Sydney, £15; Melbourne, £15; Adelaide, £15; Swan River, £20; Van Diemen's Land, £20; New Zealand, £18; Cape of Good Hope, £10; Natal, £10; California, £25; New York, £2, 10s.; Philadelphia, £2, 10s.; New Orleans, £3.—Harrison & Co.—11 Union Street, Birmingham."
[11] Emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and New Zealand:—
| 1830, | 1,242 | 1836, | 3,124 | 1842, | 8,534 |
| 1831, | 1,561 | 1837, | 5,054 | 1843, | 3,478 |
| 1832, | 3,733 | 1838, | 14,021 | 1844, | 2,229 |
| 1833, | 4,093 | 1839, | 15,726 | 1845, | 830 |
| 1834, | 2,800 | 1840, | 15,850 | 1846, | 2,227 |
| 1835, | 1,860 | 1841, | 32,625 |
—Porter's Parliamentary Tables, 1846, p. 236.
[12] Sentenced to be transported—
| England. | Scotland. | Ireland. | Total. | |
| 1846, | 2805 | 352 | 753 | 3810 |
| 1847, | 2896 | 456 | 2185 | 5537 |
| 1848, | 3251 | 459 | 2678* | 6388 |
—Parliamentary Returns, 1846-8.