

the r\|-ndilur.-, il.*l.VM? w,-nt f.-r rm>a-> 

 ;'(*.' for | M .U and tele- 



ih, ,,!,,;. .i.i.i. t.i.i.K', IB, iMsjfaRaJft , 9899 



- debt, 8.106 for immigration, t) 

 and iervioes. The aver 



tal amounts of the loans, 88, 

 057.UU8 had been expend 

 tramways, and the rest for river and harbor im- 



vaf, r -'.( | .) ifjd r.i.,-. . ' ' 



stena/roadX bridge* hMd 

 return from railroads, 



., . 



i-ina; 



,790 from a dun 



provement*, water supp 



,,,i,..,,,. SkUain >t..r,v 

 graiion. etc. The net 



** 



916 from the land tax. 



188,928 from duties on 



..I |- rtQOa f.'-:.;.'" fr.-ni ji - 



100 * *sl* * 19 * 8 ' 



and f 15.507 : 



nage duet, etc. The revenue from railways was 

 i. .:;. .>-. tro* pom and telagfapa^ 86%. 



; UK). Of the total expsBdl. 



rasjdX J.V.I.4IU-, ta oata Befii iwi- ITK. ; > 

 r.r postal sjei talegrapfti Mrtjea O4Mi: ' 



xpei f r. aii :,,,K maVntta pel 



.-,,-. r.. 090,181 ' r ,-,!,:. charity. i'198J8i 

 for court* of law, 890,498 for police an- 

 OM, ttlflu8tf brsMtosjj Hri barbonL t1(M r- 

 defenses, and 499J90 



f..r ..Ih. r j.Mrj-.--. 'Hi- .1.1-! |-a\- uii ;i\.ru^-. 



interest of less than 4 per cent ; 85.805,978 of 

 the total debt was raised to construct railwayo. 

 7.298,488 for waterworks 1 1.1 :,.. v,; f,. r sebool 



work*. 



he Queensland revenue. 1,085,688 repre- 

 sented custom* duties, 45.804 excise and ex- 

 -..752 stamp duties 158.125 bud- 

 mm Hassjasj, ::'.:.<'.<rji r .-nt- fn-m pastoral lees*. 

 x, 988.582 oil and sales. 



981,068 the cross receipts of railroads, and 



'!:' 

 exnenditur. 



..24:i: f.-r work- 



'..102,408: for post* and tele- 

 . 26,407 : 378.077 were expended from 



In S.Mth AuMralia, Western Australia, and 

 Tasmania alMitit half the revenue i derived from 



aid the other half mainh 

 w,.rk and land*, and nearly the whole 

 r interval on the debt and the 

 maintenance imd operation of public works. 



LIU 608,687 of revenue ws* 

 raised in 1898 by din n. a laree part of 



i a tax of lA in the pound on the actual 

 land and on mortgages, and an ad- 

 ditional land tax graduated from . 



M were received from indi- 



the pound 



:iameli 



9989^181 

 179J06 



790^89; 



lure from new loans we* 



Atutralasiai 

 civilued oommunities in toe proportion of 



tram* 



and all such public terries* belong to the stair, 



but the areas now .. 



out of a total land area of 

 been alienated before the close of 1998. while 

 127,092,070 acres were held under Una leases. 

 TUi JaMd pvoparta .- M , > . <- * 



HttlsjBta fr ...... v I 19 . '- " Si MO 



.-.-i.tral division up to 2JMO acres, 

 at 11 an acre for residents. A maximum of 990 



, -. , , ,- ,. .--.-, '.,..' : ' 



art .ml residence for IX' an ier this sys- 



tem most of thr .ultiiaird land has oome into 



the hands of farmer* with holdinf* of lass than 

 500 acres. h are mostly owned 



by the state cover about one fourth of the total 



alienated. 15.500.000 acre, are leased for i 

 I'urjMoes. 4.700.000 acre* are state 

 atrr reserves, 1.046.000 acres are 

 land, and 1.330,000 acres are road*. In 



71 acre* out of a total of 578,- 



861.600 acres have been alienated, 29jB90*71 



acres are tnctoml. and 87.- res are held 



895 past oral leases. In Oueenslend out 



.f n total area of 414jM9jK8 acres 11JK17^74 



hnd U.I. alienated, 27Q,158 wen in :- '. 



alienation on 1 -98. and 281^16^85 



acres were leased to 8,715 squatter*. In thi* 

 colony a maximum of 1.280 acres can be leased 

 for agricultural or 20.000 acres for pastoral pur- 

 poses, and at the termination of the leases, 

 '. run fifty and thirty year* 



restrictions of residence and imi 



/.ealand. where the system of 

 values ha* recently been introduced, some large 

 areas have been acouired bv speculative ia. 

 > and corporatioo*. The total area is 87,- 



000,000 acre*, of which 10.000.0OO ere covered with 

 forests, 9.000,000 are watte and water. 1040M08 

 are grass and fm> lands not jet disposed of or 



for pastoral pu 

 the own. 



private 

 pastoral leases, which are onlv given 



acquire the fee simple t- r> 

 Tne publk tends eaabe bought 

 for cesh or tseesd in perpet 



' \., i 



can 

 Mncte.1 areas. 



duties and an exdai timated 



- . . _ . . 



v ustorns ciiittes ana an ezosi 



of railways and 892.906 postal and telegraph 

 ,me from other onlinanr 

 -: and 844.83v? Htorial revenue, 



exjienditure. the wrvicv 



4W: railwsy*. 794,080: public 

 poete and telegraphs. 



The total 

 timated in 1988 at 



buildings of the state that yield no 

 ue, 18.671.200 the HUM due the 



Uf9wavaws on psavsssssa IBOOS, &OTS.VWVWIV uw 

 public lands leased but not sold, and 7.218.000 

 munici|al property, making the sum total of the 



