120 STATISTICAL EEYIEW — NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Let US inquire tlieu how the matter stands between the decade 

 of "excitement" and the decade of "depression." 



The decade of " excitement" shows an aggregate import trade 



to the value of £57,650,053 



And the aggregate export trade of ... ... 43,125,653 



Together ... £100,775,706 



The decade of "depression" shows an aggregate 



import trade of the value of ... .:. ... £84,832,363 



And an aggregate export trade of ... ... 74,148,876 



Together £158,981,239 



And this is Avithont taking into account the " overland" traffic, 

 which we have seen exceeded last vear four millions sterling. 



I was hardly prepared to expect that the investigation would 

 bring out such a result as an excess of over fifty-eight millions 

 sterling, as compared with the great gold-producing era. The 

 increase in the producing power of population is here remarkably 

 brought out ; for whilst the actual increase of population was 

 only 43 per cent., the increase of trade and production was nearly 

 68 per cent. 



Surely, then, such facts as these ought for ever to dispel the 

 silly fears which have led to such disastrous results in the cases of 

 many of our most A'aluable colonists, whose interests have been 

 sacrificed to ignorance or timidity ; and they ought to establish a 

 well-founded and enduring confidence both here and at Home in 

 the strength and elasticity of our resources, and in the power of 

 production of our people. 



5. — AcCUMULATIOiS". 



The coin and bullion in the Sydney branch of the Eoyal Mint, 

 in the Colonial Treasury, and in the Banks of the Colony, on the 

 31st December, 1871, amounted to £2,522,387, being an increase of 

 74 per cent, on the amount on the same day of the previous year. 

 A comparison between the first and second five years of the 

 decade shows an average of £1,278,151 for the first period, and 

 £1,904,855 for the second, i.e., an increase of nearly 50 per 

 cent. 



