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AUSTKALIA AND POLYNESIA. 



443,442 Catholics, 8,243 Hebrews, 15,521 of 

 other denominations, and 46,839 not known. 

 In New Zealand there were, in 1874, 241,082 

 Protestants, 40,371 Catholics, 1,215 Hebrews, 

 4,764 pagans, 4,367 of other denominations, 

 and 7,715 whose religion was unknown. Of 

 the inhabitants of Australia in 1871, 1,817,187 

 were born on British territory ; of these, 

 993,362 were born in Australia, and 807,786 

 in Great Britain. There were also 35,506 

 persons born in Germany, 5,475 in the United 

 States, 3,046 in France, 31,036 in China, and 

 23,525 were born in other countries. 



The movement of population in 1874 was as 

 follows : 



The following table shows the rate of tax- 

 ation per head of population, the revenue, the 

 imports and the exports for 1874, and the pub- 

 lic debt on December 31, 1874, for each of the 

 Australian colonies : 



Education in the different colonies is pro- 

 vided for by primary schools, grammar-schools, 

 colleges, and universities. The latest statistics 

 of the primary schools were as follows : 



The length of telegraph-lines at the close of 

 the year 1874, the length of wires at the close 

 of 1875, and the number of stations in 1875, 

 were as follows : 



The postal statistics for the different colonies 

 were as follows : 



* Inclusive of grammar-schools and colleges. 



The population of the four principal cities of 

 New Zealand was estimated as follows on May 

 1, 1876: Dunedin, 19,657; Auckland, 13,186; 

 Wellington, 11,298; Christchurch, 10,772. 



The agricultural statistics of New Zealand 

 show Canterbury, standing at the head of all 

 provinces, with 550,759 acres in cultivation; 

 Otago coming next, with 451,669; Wellington 

 third, with 432,802 ; and Auckland fourth, with 

 356,988 acres; the total for the whole colony 

 being 2,230,988 acres, showing an increase of 

 442,221 over 1875. Canterbury has the largest 

 area in every kind of crop, with the single ex- 

 ception of oats, in which the Scottish province 

 of Otago takes first place. The area sown 

 with wheat shows a decrease for the whole 

 colony of 14,868 acres as compared with the 

 previous year. 



A census of South Australia, taken on 

 March 26, 1876, gave a population of 213,721, 

 of whom 110,941 were males, and 102,780 

 females. Adelaide had 31,573 inhabitants, of 

 whom 15,104 were males and 16,469 females. 

 The next largest cities were Norwood and 

 Kensington with 6,576, Hindraarsh with 4,120, 

 Port Adelaide with 2,885, and Glenely with 

 2,028 inhabitants. 



