APPENDIX. 



503 



Ambrym ....... 



Vaté (Sandwich) ..... 



Erromango ...... 



Tanna ....... 



Anatora ....... 



Other Islets ...... 



Tikopia, Anuda, and other eastern isles . 

 New Caledonia ...... 



Loyalty Group ...... 



Annual yield of the New Caledonian nickel mines, 12,000 tons. 

 Numea, imports and exports (1884), £640,000 ; shipping, 277 vessels 

 Budget (1887), £400,000. 



Area in Square Miles. 

 240 



200 



400 



150 



60 



1,200 



20 



6,500 



1,100 



Est. Poprdation. 

 3,000 



3,000 



2,000 

 10,000 



1,280 



15,000 



650 



43,000 



20,000 



Victoria, 768. 

 Queensland, 20,585. 

 South Australia, 6,346. 

 Tasmania, none. 

 New Zealand, Maori, 44,097. 



AUSTEALIA AND TASMANIA. 



Births (1886), 35 per 100 ; deaths, 16 per 100 ; immigrants (1887), 64,800. 



Wool produced (1887), 247,000 tons ; sheep, 84,827,000; cattle, 7,577,000; horses, 1,252,000 ; pigs, 

 760,000. 



Wheat produced (1886), 35,000,000 bushels; other cereals, 7,000,000 bushels; potatoes, 357,000 

 tons; sugar (1888), 40,000 tons. 



Gold produced (1886), £4,100,000; tin, £1,120,000; copper, £416,000; silver, £250,000; coal, 

 3,070,000 tons, value £1,400,000. 



Imports (1887), £57,000,000; exports, £51,000,000; total exchanges, £108,000,000. 



Shipping (1885): vessels entered, 7,668; tonnage, 5,684,000; vessels cleared, 7,658 ; tonnage, 

 5,692,000. 



Mercantile navy : 1,546 sailing vessels, 800 steamers ; total tonnage, 259,000. 



Railways (1888) : 7,000 miles ; capital invested, £76,000,000 ; net profits, £2,700,000. 



Telegraph lines (1887) : 32,000 miles; despatches (1886), 6,472,000. 



Letters, cards, &c., forwarded, 99,430,000 ; papers, parcels, &c., 80,000,000. 



Public schools (1886), 5,321 ; attendance, 546,000. 



CHIEF TOWNS. 



Western Austeaiia: Perth, population (1886), 5,000 ; Freemantle, 3,600. 



SoiTTH Atjstealia: Adelaide (1888), 130,000; Teetulpa, 5,500; Port Adelaide, 5,280; Moonta, 

 5,000 ; Gawler, 3,000 ; Glenelg, 3,000. 



Qtteenslaot) : Brisbane (1888), 55,000; Gympie, 12,000; Eockhampton, 11,000; Ipswich, 10,000; 

 Maryborough, 9,000; TownsviUe, 8,000; Toowoomba, 6,000; Croydon, 5,000. 



New South Wales: Sydney (1887), 350,000 with suburbs; Newcastle, 20,000; Paramatta, 12,000; 

 Gordbum, 8,000; WoUongong, 8,000; Maitland, 7,500 ; Bathurst, 7,000. 



Victoria: Melbourne (1887), 392,000 with suburbs ; Ballarat, 37,000; Sandhurst, 30,000; Geelong, 

 23,000; Eaglehawk, 8,000; Castlemaine, 7,000; Warmambool, 6,000; StaweU, 5,000; Echuca, 5,000. 



Tasmiania : Hobart (1885), 29,000 ; Launceston, 19,500. 



