AUSTRALASIA (Co7i«mtted).— Population of the Principal Towns, 1901. 



Population. 



Sydney, with suburbs 



Melbourne ,, 



Adelaide ,, 



Brisbane ,, 



Auckland ,, 



Christchurch ,, 



Dunedin , , 



496,990 

 496,079 

 163,430 

 119,428 

 67,226 

 57,041 

 52,390 



Towns. 



Population. 



Ballarat 49,414 



VA'ellington, with suburbs . 49,344 



Bendigo 41,898 



Perth 36,274 



Geelong 25,017 



Hobart, with suburbs . . 24,655 



The Commonwealth of Australia was constituted July 11th, 1900, and comprises 

 the six colonies now called Original States, viz. : New South "Wales, Victoria, 

 Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania. 



DOMINION OF CANADA, WITH NEWFOUNDLAND. 



Area and Population. 



Population of Chief Cities in 1901. 



Montreal . 



Toronto . 



Quebec . 

 I Ottawa . 

 '■ Hamilton 



267,730 Winnipeg .... 42,340 



208,040 Halifax 40,832 



68,840 St. John(N.B.) . . 40,711 



59,928 London 37,981 



52,634 St. Johns (Newf'l'd) 29,594 Charlottetown 



Vancouver 

 Victoria . 

 Kingston . 

 Brantford . 



26,133 

 20,816 

 17,961 

 16,619 



12,080 



The British Army, including the regular army and militia reserve, numbers 

 241,043 officers and men. 



The Imperial authorities have charge of the naval defence ; there is, therefore, no 

 marine militia. 



BULGARIA. 



Area, Bulgaria . . . 24,380 Sq. Miles 

 Eastern Rumelia 13,700 



Population (1900 ) 



3,744,283 



Population of Chief Towns in 1900. 



The Principality is under the suzerainty of Turkey. 

 .In/ij/.— Military service is obligatory. The peace strength is 43,055. 

 Navy— There are 16 vessels of different kinds, and others are building. 

 Agriculture is the chief industry, and the exports consist of corn, wool, textiles, 

 tallow, butter, cheese, hides, flax, timber, and otto of roses. 



