184 I'roceediiuj.s of (he lioi/al Sociefi/ of Victoria. 



table will, however, show the danger of drawing rash 

 conclusions from figures : — 



Table IV. 



Deaths from Violence in the Australian Colonies, 1881 to 1890. 



Table V. 



l^he Ratio of the Total Deaths from Snake-hite ditring the Decade 



to the Total Deaths from Violence. 



Victoria - - . - 

 New South \V;ik's 

 (i)ueenHlan(l - - . - 

 Average 



The following table shows the ratio of the total deaths 

 from violence during the decade to the average population: — 



Table VI. 



Victoria 



New South Wales 

 Qnecnshmd - 

 Average 



1 to 101-5 



1 to 90-8 



1 to 61-2 



1 to 84-3 



It will thus be seen that although the ratio of deaths from 

 snake-bite to the average population, .and also to the total 

 deaths from violence, is higher in Queensland than in the 

 other two colonies, the ratio of deaths from violence to the 

 average population is also higher. Consequently it is unsafe 

 to infer, from the evidence furnished, thttt snake-bite is 

 necessarih' a more fatal affection in Queensland than in the 

 other colonies. 



