lo Nov., 1909.] 



Leongatlia Labour Colony. 



705 



Ages. 



Under 30 years of age ■■• 79 



Between 30 and 40 years ... 159 



Between 40 and 50 years ... 174 



Over 50 years ... ... 70 



Religious Denominations. 



Roman Catholic ... ... 188 



Church of England ... ... 181 



Presbyterian ... ... 67 



Methodist ... ... ... 30 



Baptist ... ... ... 4 



Lutheran ... ... ... 4 



Independent ... ... . . 3 



Spiritualist ... ... ... 2 



Jews ... ... ... ... 2 



Freethinker ... ... ... i 



Since the present trustees were 

 appointed the revenue has gradually 

 ncreased. The following figures show 

 the gross takings from the colony from 

 1904-5 to 1908-9: — 



£ s. d. 

 1904-5 ... ... 1,266 2 I 



1905-6 ... ... 1,172 4 8 



1906-7 ... ... 1,382 18 3 



1907-8 ... ... 1,408 3 10 



1908-9 ... ... 1 5847 o 4 



The payments have been about the 

 same, with the exception of this year. 

 when, owing to the building of the new 

 piggery, &c., and the extra number of 

 men, the expenditure has been about 

 £600 above the average. Of the 

 amount expended, £775 was disbursed 

 by the trustees in Leongatha, mde- 

 pendently of £400 paid in wages to the 

 colonists, who spend aliout half that 

 amount locally. 



The following are particulars of 

 some of the individual sources of 

 revenue : — 



Pigf:. — During the year the sales^ 

 amounted to £495 16s. lod., an in- 

 crease of £175 over last year, whilst 

 the stock on hand is valued at £336 

 as against £165. 



Dairy Herd. — Owing to the leduc- 

 tion of the original area the stock has 

 been culled down to the value of £721, 

 as against £810 last year, but the 

 revenue from the herd has decreased 

 by £20 only. 



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