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the face of the figures given in Table III., it is hardly possible to 

 accept the estimate as a correct one. The explanation, doubtless, 

 is that the unrecorded departures have been considerably more 

 numerous than the official figures show. Considering the trials 

 which Victoria has lately undergone, it is fair matter of congrat- 

 ulation, if her population, at the present time, is not less than it 

 was in 1891. 



