A.M. P. Society after 

 mortality experienced 1 





In Queensland the percentage of actual deaths of assured 

 lives was only 83 per cent, of those expected by the British 

 H M mortality table, although some 16 per cent, in excess 

 of the deaths throughout the whole Society. Can it be 

 said in view of these Queensland results that the white 

 race need fear the future experience and development of 

 the race in that progressive State? It is impossible to 

 believe that, in Australia, the present small white popula- 

 tion alone can for many years effectually stem the tide of 

 an alien, if peaceful invasion, flowing in where there is 

 room to live in the idle spaces of our Land still in a state of 

 nature. This question was discussed at the Adelaide meet- 

 ing 1907, of the Australasian Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science (Vol. xi), when a paper was submitted by 

 Mr. Matthew Macfle of Melbourne. 



Tropical Australia and its development.— In this paper 

 reference was made, inter (ilia, to the physical effects of 

 exeess of litjlit on the white races in tropical and sub- 

 tropieal elimates, and the argument deemed to be impreg- 

 nable, was used that "the white man does not get inured 

 to the sun, and each climate is exactly suited by natural 



