

the register of the colony were 1 1 



rU. of 4.770 

 ramaiita 711 vessels. of 



colonial in. r. 







*Ui>.| in 



I 



' 



i-ergoss. ii 

 6fl7ioiis.wi.rer. 



.Kl.071 I. ! 



TV. of 6*6.789 IOWL 



..... ' 



The 



I road*. Posts, tad Telegraphs. - 



i::;.-Y.M!.| .:.,....; I- ,. ' r 



ing*. There were besides 84 mile* of private rail- 



r- .'!-. 



milnwwl '"Offing to the 



state. at A 



aori --f v ::>'.' '..-<,. 'i !,. !...:i ti In UM ! pi .r 



lv.-, ,r, nyBNl.AlM, nn.l (h. - ! ruling , ip M - 



of 8-01 ]. 



passengers and 5,433,857 tons of f r 



9S, 



1 n Queensland there were 2.-". . : r. -a< 1 



iili- nt tho end of 1805, all t 



The receif -uses 



8oii ul 1.H88 inilrs of railroa 



1895,' miles were in tin- northern trr- 



t.. t!,.- (fan nun nt 



wore 1.ir: 



railnwuU .iilir at thr n-1 <>f 1805, when 



iflllg BUT* 



> 



of railroad at the cloat 



/.falaml hail on April 1. 

 1800, a total length of 3.1HU iniU-*, of wni 



in:.. - \v, r, OH '' N " ' ' ' ::..''' I 



-. The receipt^ 

 men! railroad* for the rear n-iuu- Man h 'U. 1H96, 



i*tal -ar,lv 44.908.- 

 !1.'\W.800 |ia<-k.t- and book par- 

 1^8.779 panvN. nn.l 406J86 money order 



lu.lintf r> 



fitBa\758. In Qn*>i 



- - 



78.018 I. 



trrn 



:Uin |>- 1HV5 hanllci 



nnliimry letters, 878.615 rsgistereil letters 17.996.- 



'.868 paokrtA. The num- 



-uch the Tasmanian post 



office in 1895 was 5,498,376; of postal cards, 806** 



18; of iiewapapers.4JMM.19l: of Mefcata. UM.. 



t ' - ' ....... 



!:;- ... '.; . 



!.:., -- .::: . - 



:..;....... 



s&KBSasMr 1 



a w 



*k had 



rn.1 of 1M5. with 

 faded at a total east 





las arnt dur- 

 HJ88C. The 

 J length of 



. ' '. v 



lr*,mill 



and II! 



-,-,,; ' 



<t* i'lflgjL 



part n :< tit were 895,065. South Australia had 8j880 



i.-irraph.with 1 



is an overland One connert.-.l with ih* BmUi, 

 t ml inn cable crossing the continent from Port Kr 

 win to Adelaide. 2,000 miles. The nmaiiiaieal 

 a pr.. fit ' -raphs above runnii 



p. !,. - ;>!..! intl r. -' - hMp v 



tfli-graph liiu* in 1895 had a length of O77 



achled. There were 790.999 nifssages sent 



t revenue was 81.678. the 



expenses of telegraph senrice and post oflee 



-.578. TI. 



7*9 miles. 



phone wire. The number of dittrbes in 1896 

 CM 19077. i . ' v * /..-:-. 



graphs on Mar 



t miles of wire. The number of ssessaces 

 year was 8.UM > hfch 



Federation, 

 held at HoUrt 



^penseas far as possible wit h the 

 rther pariiamentarr action in rrlal 

 .1 movement, and to appeal by po 

 he roters of each colonr. 

 ..- ralitlitr to the firopossd electioaw. H was 

 necessary first to obtain 

 th- HhjfJM in 



' >K >nial parliammt was asked to pa 

 The same difficulty thai had 

 nnect ion with the draft 



' ' : - V 



dela; 



'still fail.-.l 



V- 



again felt in regard to 

 f rnsbling bilk Aft. 



nsland had for local rm- 



sons still failed at the beginning of 1897 to pass 

 II. The necessary legislation had 

 has* i krri. i - ud i I thai ; .- i i h 



.ieparture in Weatern Ai 

 lia fr ; Bipolar programme adopted at 



nies. Queensland excepted. were ready at the be- 

 nt he bill* that had 



(sen csssil The lead in thr matter was accorded 

 mmon consent >th Walrs. A proc- 



rlamation was iattted in that colony by which the 

 enabling act waj.hrm.cht into force on Jan. 4, and 

 after a consultation between too premiers of the 



