=============================+=========+=====+=======+=====+=======+====== |Families.|Males|Females|Males|Females|Total. | |above| above |under| under | | | 16. | 16. | 16. | 16. | -----------------------------+---------+-----+-------+-----+-------+----- Within the Pickets of Halifax| 468 | 846 | 622 | 279 | 285 | 2032 Within the North Suburbs | 169 | 317 | 205 | 105 | 138 | 765 Within the South Suburbs | 151 | 429 | 169 | 115 | 105 | 818 Within the Town of Dartmouth | 53 | 81 | 47 | 29 | 38 | 195 On several Islands and } | | | | | | Harbors employed in } | | | | | | Fishery, etc. } | .... | 168 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 202 On the Isthmus and the } | | | | | | Peninsula of Halifax } | 65 | 73 | 66 | 38 | 39 | 216 +---------+-----+-------+-----+-------+------ | 906 |1914 | 1122 | 584 | 608 | 4248 =============================+=========+=====+=======+=====+=======+====== 906 families. 1914 males over 16. 1122 females over 16. 584 boys under 16. 608 girls under 16. 1914 1122 ---- 792 excess of males over females (over 16). The foregoing is copied from a book in the Crown Land Office, having been in the Surveyor General's office, apparently, since 17th May, 1779, as the blank leaves contain memoranda of different warrants of survey from that date to June, 1781. Copied 4th December, 1862. G. _From the Gentlemen's Magazine, Vol. 20, 271._ HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, December 7, 1749.