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of 4 per cent. in Hobart Town, and 3 per cent. by the 
Launceston Savings Bank. The total number of deposit- 
ors on the 81st December was 2522, in the proportion of 
65°8 per cent. for Hobart Town, and 34°2 per cent. for 
Launceston; and the aggregate amount of deposits was 
£42,205 14s. 10d., in the similar proportion of 63°2 per 
cent. and 86°8 per cent. for Hobart Town and Launceston 
respectively. 
Table 29 is a return of the number of Licences issued 
during the year for the sale of Wine, Beer, and Spirits. 
The only alteration since 1848 is a reduction of 4 in the 
publicans’ licences, making the total number 369 of this 
class.* The wholesale licences are 36, the same number as 
in 1848. The amount yielded from these sources was £9585, 
or 6°2 per cent. of the public revenue. 
Table 30 shows that the number of newspapers published 
in Van Diemen’s Land during the past year was 9 in all— 
the publication of 7 taking place in Hobart Town, and 2 in 
Launceston. Three of the seven mentioned came out once 
a week (one of which is devoted to the advocacy of the 
Teetotal cause), and the other 4, twice; and the 2 at Laun- 
ceston are also published twice a week. 
Table 81 gives the average daily rate of Wages paid to 
certain of the most useful classes of Mechanics; and upon 
a comparison with 1848, it will be seen that a gradual rise 
in the value of labour has taken place throughout the Island, 
fully corroborating the remark in the Return on Savings’ 
Banks, as to the improvement in the social condition of the 
industrious portions of the community. 
Table 32 is a comprehensive return of the Manufactures 
* Associated as drunkenness is with crime, it must be regretted that so large 
a number of public-houses should be maintained, and that some endeavours 
should not be made to restrain them within a more reasonable proportion to 
the population. ; 
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