TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION F. 



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Population of Australasia at different Dates, with the Annual Increase 

 per Cent, in each Period. 



Supplementary Tahlc of Bate per Cent, of Increase since 1890. 



1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 



Per Cent. 



1-84 



1-86 



1-40 



1-44 



The decline in the rate of increase i.s so great and palpable as to need no 

 commeut. 



Here the perturbations due to immigration have obviously been greater than in 

 the case of the United States. The country -vvas, in fact, settled mainly bet-ween 

 1850 and 1870, -n'ithout previously having had a population to sjjeak of. But 

 deducting immigratiou, the increase -would appear to have been as follo-ws in each 

 decade : — 



Rate of Increase per Cent, of Pojiulation in Australasia, deducting 

 Immif/ration, in ike undermentioned Periods. 



Per Cent, i Per Cent. 



1851-60 

 1860-70 



1870-80 



48-5 

 30-0 

 25-0 



1880-90 

 1890-99 



24-5 

 16-0 



Of course, so long as immigration continues, the effect is to s-well indirectly the 

 natural increase of population, so that the large increases here sho-n^n bet-ween 

 1851 and 1870, and even down to 1890, may be accounted for in part as the 

 indirect result of the large immigration that "was going on. But -whatever the 

 cause, the fact is unmistakable that the rate of increase, apart from the direct 

 immigration, lias declined just as it has done in the United States. 



There has been a similar though not nearly so marked a decrease in England, 

 at any rato if "we carry the comparison back to the period before 1850. The 

 population at each census period since 1800 in England, -with the percentage 

 increase between each census period, have been as follo-ws : — 



Popiulation of England at the Date of each Census since 1800, with Percentage of 

 Increase between each Census. 



