THE PROGRESS ‘OF NEW SOUTH WALES—1872 To 1881. 141 
Royal Society who listened to that paper, and they will be able to 
in how far the picture brought forward to-night transcends — 
presented in 1872. In 1871 the population of New South 
ales was 519,182 souls, her revenue was £2,727,404, and her 
e amounted to £20,854,540. In 1881 we have seen that her 
population had increased to 751,468 souls, her revenue to 
£1,377,786, and her trade to £33,458,829. The trade inwards 
ards, per head of the population, was—in 1871, at the 
mate of £40 3s, 4d; and in 1881, at the rate of £44 10s. 6d; 
: revenue increased from £5 5s. per head in 1871 to 
regarded in its social, moral, or religious aspect. I would only 
Discussion. _ 
a8 Me. G. A. Lioyp hoped this paper would appear in print 
4 Wes 180, 80 that it would give the members some opportunity of 
inne it well over and discussing it at a future meeting. Tt : 
a ee ee ne ag ee a 
be found at this icular moment when they had 
‘ ce essfully ata as of the question which had on 
nS the first consideration of which was entertained by 
