



.rthcrn di-tn. ! 



m district 9* 



r;i in N 



! the 



ri district 968.784. of th. 



iaii 



.:.<KW in lr 



t!*nd. amt 14.010 tit (Jermany. The 

 ,. r ..f iin- In 1H05 was 80,066, and ..f 



emigrants 94^88. The arrivals of (I. 



>ud departures 805; arrivals >f I '.] \ncsians 

 ninnln-mi 1.312. ami departure* 77:1. Th- numl..-r 



^Sttto 18W WWlSl ; of l.,ri 

 leati of i 



. ;> , . ;;. is,:-,; ;,., i, 



teacher- and an average attvodaUM ..f 4vJ7o pu- 



h then were 188 i 



n avrrajp attendance of 1<U H' pupils Tho 

 ,< Kate schools in 1805 was KITS 



.vie compulsory by statute. l,.,t the 

 lawii 



The population of South Ai. nsisted of 



IM.lfll male* and 171. IX' females. In the north- 



ry there wms a population of 4.7-VJ. of 



Whom 3K' \ ielaide. the eapital. 



had .l.al.itants. The number "f mar- 



riage* in 1805 was 2.04*. of In ;. ..f 



deaths* 8JK1; excess of births, 6.616. The num- 

 ber of immigrants in 1805 was 86,?(^. and of emi- 

 grants 40.489. Klu-ati..n is free, secular, and com- 

 pabory. I'uMie lands are set apart for the support 

 of the schools, of lu.-h th. n- were r,:!l. \vidi 511 

 pupils, ineludinir :i\2 pro\ i-ional schools, in 1895. 



The population of Western Australia inen 

 from 20,708 in 1881 to 40,782 in 1*'.M. which was at 

 the rate ..f 6 75 |*r cent, a year. In the next five 

 rears the increase was 165 per oent < >f t h- popu- 

 in lH06the males nuinlK-n-,1 !i:;.7<>1. and the 

 females 88,346. These figures do not include the 

 _-ine.s whose numbers can not be otimated, 

 an they lire mostly in regions not vet explored. 

 There were 5,670 of them in service with the whites 

 in 1801. The population of Perth, the capital .-f 

 Western Australia, was estimated at 19.533 in 1895. 

 of the whit.- jNipnl..- .Hi. could not 



raid nor writ.- in 1*'.M. Kducation is compulsory 

 and gratuitous. There wcr rnrnent schools 



in 1805, with 4,685 pupils in attendance, and 19 as- 

 sisted schools, with 1.708 pupils. 



The population of Tasmania increased between 

 1881 and 1801 at the rate of 3-84 per cent, per an- 

 fhe latter date 107,901 of the population 

 natir<*<.f y. while LM5. !>?."> had come 



fr..m the HritMi Islands and 7.:{'> fn.m Au-tralia. 

 and there were 018 Germans and 943 Chi 

 Since then about 8,000 more persons have !> -n 

 born every year than have died. lut for a part of 

 the time the emigration has exceeded the immigra- 

 Kducation is compulsory, out still 25 per 

 of the population in 1891 i-..ii Id nt r.ad and 



.-inentary x-hools in 



with 19.W>? pupils enrolled. and 17'J private schools, 

 with 7.07:t papUs, The CJ'.vernmeni expended in 

 that year 85.501 on education. 



The population <>f . :i! ,d on Apr; 



1808, was composed of 871.415 males and :;::i.'.u:, 

 females. The increase over the prt>< . r was 



W per cent. The ditri<-t -f Au.-khind.'with an 

 area of 25.746 square miles, had 153.504 inhai.it- 

 ant*: Taranaki, &V808 square miles. 3 1.17 ". : Welling- 

 ton. ll.OOiUqnare miles, 121354 : HawkVs Bav. 

 square miles, 4.0- 



miles, 12.483; Kelson, 104560 square miles, &. 

 iles.14,460: 





rbur>', 



14.040 square miles, 185,886; Otago, 25.487 square 

 miles, 163.944. The population of the North iiland 

 was340.631 : of the South i-land. 362.236: of 

 Wand, 252 ; of Chatham Islands, 23 i adec 



: Ineluilin^ Maoris, the total population 

 shown by the census of 1806 wsj . Phen wen 



:!.711 Chinese, of whom Of the 



iale-an.l IS/JJM> females. Their 



IliimUT include.- :i.."U 1 half-ea-le> li\ in U ' :i- lliellll.ers 



of th<- mi i IMIS- 



1 ! the white population it'.U. ;;;: iv-ided in 



the rural di>lricts. :{(I7.^'.U in Lonu, n ad- 



i-land*. and I'..:',*] \v . -hip-. 

 Wellington, th<- capital, contained M.7:>s inlialut- 



Indiii- -ul.url- ; Auckland. .~>7.l'ill': 

 I hulled:- The 



number of immigrants in 1895 was i.'i >;.' : .. f emi- 

 grant : ill. lie 

 schools in isJMi. with ::.:{s(J teaeh.T- and 

 rolled pupil-, "f whom In; 



telid.r : KMktiofl I- .:id 111 the 



settled ill-' I,,,., U 



numbered ;:. with TJ7 teachers, and an a. 

 attendani-e of 'J.OS.J seholar-. The : 'ioo|-. 



298 in nunilier. had 770 teacher- and 1 !.<>:.< pupils. 



Nuance-. ! i , ts of the several <,'. 

 for 1 Sid and tl. their drill- for the li-eal 



ndini: .lune :'o, IS'.M;. ji. 



.-land, and Soiit h Au-l ralin 

 81, 1805, M Au-tralia and 



mania; on M:. :and : and 



on Dee. :n. is'j.'i. in Fiji, arc sh..wn in the follow- 

 ing tat>le: 



ooLotras, 



New South Wales 



Victoria 



Queensland . 



South Austral 



Western Australia 



Tasmania 



New Zealand 



Fiji 



6,481,141 



;.:.; :i.;ir 

 j.:-. "...!..- 





8,988^7 



h.lH. .'..-, 



Of the revenue of New South Wales fl.S'J 



came from customs, 271,805 from excise, (!''. 



fn.m stamps, i-J7.''>"i s fr-.m the income tax. and 

 iTj:s,109 from licenses, making l-J..")C.(5. n :: derive, i 

 from taxation, while t"J. n lM!n; , aine from land. 



4^81 from services, ami I"! I'.'.; I", from mi- 

 cellaneous sources. Under the head of erri 

 included the revenue from railroad-. Iran, 

 and the post office and telegraph-. The expenditure 

 for railroads and tram \\a\-. i-xelu.-iveof expenditure 

 fn.m loans, was 1,884, 700; for posts and telegraph-. 



.'J08; for inten-t on debt and extinction of 

 loans. '7: for education. J7!U.Vi:{ : for im- 



migration, 547; for other public work- and 



The average rate of in 



on the deht. including the loan of 4.000,000 t 

 in Octol.er. is'.Ci. was :{'71 {.er e.-nt. Of the total 

 del.t s-2 per cent, has been expenled on rail: 

 tramways, telegraphs, water supply. an<l -e\\. 

 which produce a net return of .'!'l-"i per cent, on the 

 capital outlay. Further loans were authori/ed for 

 sued purposes to the amount of l'l<.7l |. 



Of the revenue of \ 



by taxation, including Cl><iu.l Jo fp.m cu 

 duties etc.. l-:)08 f 075 from excise. from 



land ! in duties on estates of dec 



. I from a duly on Lank not. -. I' 1 :!!.- 

 000 of stamp duties. 17,888 from Im-in- 



128 fn.m tonna-e dues t,-.. ( ,i,d J1 10.7W from 

 the ineoiue tax. The revenue from railroad 

 2.58:J.442; from posts and telegraphs, 500.;.'! : 

 from Crown land-. ' !rnn other -oun-es, 



<)0. Of the total exfenditurc I'l^^Mi.r, 

 to pay interest and cxpen-<-- of the del.t. '; : 138,70] 

 forworkin- of railroad-. 6806,076 for Other 



pullie work-. 'L -ts and tel-:rrnph*; 



for Crown lands ete.. 170,789: public in-trn 

 science, etc., 604,109; charitable institution-. 



