The Preface states:
The complete Report upon the Census of the Fifth of April, 1891, was finished upon the 26th August in the same year. The letterpress portion of the Report, epitomising the general results elicited at the Enumeration of the Population, was published on the 16th of October, 1891. The Census Results, in a complete form, it has not been found possible, in consequence of the bulky nature of the Appendices, and of the many demands recently made upon the Printing Department to publish until now.
 Signed Walter A Gale, Superintendent of Census.
