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oilier en Ionics, 13-18 of English, 6-63 of Irish, 

 8*25 of Si-i-ti-li, 0-44 of Welsh immigrants, and 

 0-51) of other British subjeets, while 8'63 per 

 cent, \\vre foreigners, 1'IG per cent. being 

 ( Iniiesc. In Victoria, 97 percent, of the popula- 

 tion were l!rit ish subjects by birth, 68 percent. 

 having ITCH horn in the colony. Of the !><>- 

 >s only 565 remained, while there were !.::77 

 ( 'liinese. In South Australia, in 1891, there were 

 :>.i:M aborigines living in the settled parts, and 

 :'..s js ( hinamen. The aborigines of Queensland 

 aiv estimated to number 12,000, and there are 

 8,574 Chinese, mainly employed in the gold 

 mines, and 9,426 Polynesians, besides 1,844 

 other colored persons included in the total popu- 

 lation. The number of the aborigines of West- 

 ern Australia can not be estimated except in the 

 settled districts; where there were 5,670 in 1891 

 working for the whites. The native race of 

 Tasmania has died out altogether. The popula- 

 tion of New Zealand includes 4,444 Chinese. 

 The Maoris, who are excluded from the total 

 given above, numbered 41,993, of whom 22,- 

 861 were males and 19,182 females. Of the rest 

 of the population, 96'72 per cent, were British 

 subjects by birth, of whom 58'61 per cent, were 

 born in New Zealand. 



The movement of population in 1891 for the 

 several colonies was as follows : 



* Net emigration. 



Finances. The budgets of revenue and ex- 

 penditure for each colony, and the public debt 

 of each for the fiscal year 1891 ending June 30 

 in Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland ; 

 Dec. 31 in New Zealand and Fiji ; and March 31 

 in New South Wales, Tasmania, and Western 

 Australia, are shown in the following table: 



* For 1892. 



Commerce. The following table shows the 

 foreign and intercolonial trade of the several 

 colonies for 1891 : 



The domestic export* of New South Wales 

 were valued at 21.103,816. The export of wool 

 was 840,691,842 pounds, valued ut 11,312,980. 

 'I'h. -n- were in the colony on Jan. 1, 1892, 61>:;i.- 

 416 sheep, 2,046,347 horned cattle, 459,755 horses, 

 and 253,189 hogs; and there were 117,288 per- 

 sons engaged in pastoral and agricultural work. 

 The value of minerals mined during the year 

 was: Gold, 550,606; silver, 184,850; silver- 

 lead ore and metal together, 8,619.589 ; copper, 

 119,195; tin, 133,963; coal, 1,742,796. It is 

 estimated that 32,508 persons were employed in 

 mining and smelting in 1891. For the year end- 

 ing March 31, 1892, there was an area of 1,179,- 

 621 acres of land under cultivation, and the 

 amounts, in bushels, of the principal crops were 

 as follow: Wheat. 3,963.668; maize, 5,721,706; 

 barley, 93,446; oats, 276,259. The principal 

 fruit grown in the colony is the orange, and the 

 estimated production for the year was 10,417.500 

 dozen, from 11,370 acres. The duties collected 

 upon imports in 1891 amounted to 2,168,265, 

 which was 8'64 per cent, of their total value. 



Victoria's chief exports for 1891 were : Wool. 

 164,805,907 pounds, valued at 7,165,092: live 

 stock, 457,394; wheat, 909.636; and gold, 

 mostly specie, 2,641,443. The principal imports 

 were: Wool, 3,372,154 ; live stock, 1.553,727; 

 sugar and molasses, 1,051,838; and iron and 

 steel, 1,046,703. The total customs revenue 

 was 2,503,438, or about 12 per cent, of the total 

 value of imports. The imports were derived 

 from the following sources : United Kingdom' 

 8.953,599; Australasian colonies, 8,731,080; 

 India, 457,484 ; Ceylon, 99.200 ; Canada, 84,- 

 083 : other British possessions, 445,094 : United 

 States, 785,602; ether countries, 2,155,463. 

 The exports were divided as follows: To the 

 United Kingdom, 7,993,489 ; Australasian colo- 

 nies, 4,926.325 ; India, 472,682 ; Ceylon, 58.- 

 074 ; other British possessions, 114,290 ; United 

 States, 385,691; other countries, 2,056,192. 

 The total number of manufactories, etc., in the 

 colony in March. 1891, was 3,296, employing 

 58,175 persons. The manufactures are almost 

 entirely for home consumption. The grain 

 yield for 1892 was. in bushels, as follows : Wheat, 

 13.328,000 ; oats, 4,562,000 ; barley, 956.000. The 

 total product of gold for 1891 was 576,400 ounces, 

 valued at 2,305,600. 



The chief exports of Queensland in 1891 were : 

 Wool, 3,453,046; gold, 1,955,656; sugar, 632,- 

 267; hides and skins, 145,922; tin. 120,705; 

 and preserved meats, 222,761. The leading 

 imports were: Textiles and apparel, 772,034; 

 metal goods, 643,216 ; liquors, 339,481 ; pro- 

 visions, flour, and grain, 1,107,445. The cus- 

 toms receipts in 1891 were 1,201.685. almost 

 one quarter of the total value of the imports. 

 The live stock in 1891 numbered 20,289,633 

 sheep, 6,192.759 cattle, 399,364 horses, and 122,- 

 672 hogs. The leading grain crop is maize, the 

 vield of which in 1891 was 3.077,915 bushels. 

 The output of gold was 576,439 ounces, valued 

 at 2,017,536. Other products are coal, tin, 

 copper, silver, lead, bismuth, antimony, and 

 opals. 



South Australia, in 1891, exported wool to the 

 value of 2.166.125; wheat. 1.259.897; flour, 

 647,075 : and copper ore, 53.175. Her princi- 

 pal imports were textiles and drapery goods. 



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