1774 larger percentage than existed in any of the adjoining States and a much larger percentage than that of the United Kingdom. Moreover, in New South Wales the birth-rate as a whole had decreased 33 per cent. since 1864, while the illegitimate birth-rate had nearly doubled in that period. On the other hand, the illegitimate death-rate was just 241 per cent. higher than the legitimate-a circumstance which told its own tale. The fact that in New