18 8 8.

VICTORIA.

AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS

FOR THE YEAR 1887

(FlFTEENTII YEAR OF ISSUE),

COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL RETURNS

WITH

A REPOR'l~

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMEN'I' BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.

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CONTBNTS.

SU:MMARY :FOR FIFTEEN YEARS

REPORT

TABLE I.-POPULATION

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"

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"

H.-BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES

IlL-IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION

IV.-PUBLIC REVENUE

V.-PUBLIC EXPENDITlJRE

VI.-EXPENDITURE FROM LOANS

VII.-PUBLIC DEBT

VIII.-IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

I:X:.-SHIPPING ...

:X:.-RAILW AYS

XL-POSTAL RETURNS ...

XII.-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES ...

,, XIII.-CROWN LANDS ALIENATED

XIV.-STATE EDUCATION ,

" XV.-AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS-LAND IN CL'LTIV ATION ...

" XVI.-AGRICULTUHAL STATISTICS-PRODUCE OF CROPS

, XVII.-LIVE STOCK

, XVIli.-WOOL PHODUCE

XI:X:.-GOLD PRODUCE " :X:X.-SA VINGS BANKS

APPENDI:X:.-STATISTICS OF FIJI-SU~IARY FOR TEN YEARS

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Year. .Popu1ation

on tne ;rst

Dooember.t

------~------ ---1-----1

l!!ew South Wales (309,175)

Queensland (668,224-)

Sottth Austra!Ut (903,4-Z5) •••

Western Australia (975,920)

Tasmania (z6,37 5)

New Zealand (r04-,235)

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2 Z99 2,238 :z-,291 2,3o8 2,530 2,539 2 555 2 447 :1,976 1,977

I6I 181 I92 I91 176 !82 2I5 2I4 '97 215 217 230 zs6 297 316

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46,3~0 j61833 34,314 34,101 32,393

•h548 515)7 6,)66

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zss 66o 733 409 613 322 H4 577 7':.7 932

Public Revenne,:l I Emigi':>nts -- ---,----- Public

by sea.. Portion Expenditure 2

26,294 2],365 29,342 31,977 33 943 37,492 39,ZI'Z 45.2 94 51>44 4S,)Z4 55 502 58,o6I 6I,994 68,roz 68,121

16,770

19,279 201350 2!)923 20174

22-,913 zo,695 z6,559 24,82 5 27,972

34-,396 40,254 j8,455 4I,S96 +f,089

5.474 7~i13 g,640 g,6gs

10,4-08 II,890 1!,150

I0,349 g,z.og 9.917

11,919 18,263 22,768 2C19Il

r6,414

3,I72 ::;,271 4;019 4>995 8,367 8,174 g,IJ7

13,002 x6,8oo 1"t,I36 I 5,562 z6,o82 21,917 2.$,z:p '7 667

639 6ox szo 65o 575 47I 278 777 6go 838

11071

I,563 1,419 r,877 2;400

7,039 7,7I4 8,075 8,I6g Q,2-70

8,483 9.932

10,025

U,I63 11,403 12,636 12,524 14,173 I4,6Jo 12,z8&

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£;

3,644,I35 4,1ob,790 4,236,4-2J 4,325,156 4>723,877 4,504,413 4,6:usz.o 4-,6zx,282 5,186,or1 s,s9z,j6z 5,6n,253 ;,934,687 6,zgo,36I 6.+8 1.021 6,733 &26

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6,470,341 I

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134,832 14S,o73 157,775 I62,189 16)~13 J63,344 196~315 I 1 8o.oso 254,3l3 I 250,374 284,364 290,319 3'-3l213 388,564 377 903 I

324,257 1

333>73' 342,606 I 32J10I7 366,u~ 1 38:;,936 375.57° 442,158 I sos,oo6 ,so,oo6 ,:,6z,o66 1

549,741 I 5"1,412 568.924 594,976

by Taxation.

£;

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I,r96,65r I 338 838

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7I,625 82,275 8o,645 8)1177 81,286 7j,S49 88,329

101,257

l09,19CI l ~4,6)8 126,!31

127,333 145,835 124,999 I88 19H

192,2.29 207,3II zo--,8sx ::uo,6.t I 230 6S2. 241.732 2)2 J60 300.l.4-J

144.723 3"o,&56 388,406 344,191. 366,u8 371,$4fc 375.501

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l;g62,162

I ,876,235

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2,242,971 2,75t,85I z,875,609 312021030

3,3::0,049

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303,947 321,195 388,090 34I,g89 352,461 379,232 481,216 4'5·1 96 4"3 0~4 soo,8or 533,130 577,876 5s6,s9s ss w56 668,759 I

S UJ\tll\IAR Y OF

PubUc Debt on the

pst December 3

£ 12,44~/722

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l~li.15

!1,827 13,724 Ij,9(J9 :rc)o56 1!)09I 12,o8g I 51107

13,074 "·953 rz,r86 !3,47 5 I ),697

*

5,o8:; 4,'702

5,0I4 6,>45 5,948 5·92 7 7,238 1),364 3 679 4,766 5·54-7 5,6r6 6,IJ8 5,1g5 5.935

6,440 s,I29 5.939 6,z58 4,283 4,04-0 6,491 8,297 4.o97 3,229 3,20) 5·646 6,833 2,749 3,766

22,124 I6,2J6 27,656 27,679 22,71 j z8,646 5",4-84 46,877 29,808 28 146 32 907 39·703 34,603 21 135 27 grz

* ro,758 r6,9o4 44,I6o 31 413

3 2C7

8,982 JJI90

16,g64 9 8o6

r8 483 31,493

!26,398 208 373 I97,3I5 IOJ.C23 '43.586 142,933 202:166 l$1,8~6 '37 I6) '34 464 r88,8c6 21 r,z.o7

* * * 87,529 75,232 70,196 93,675 77,324 "2,498

I jo,z8{ 1"!-.552 36,'"90 66,724-88,768 92,66o Sg,sSr 82,8I6 6g 710

124,4-59 125,469 165,357 147,537 86,S4o 97,845

r8r,I78 169,156 102;47 5

8g,739 8t,96:l

I67,0j6 1'76,466

6r,585 )2,24-0

6o6,492 4'17,!62 993,4 19 8oi,3"'"9 5'76,823 709,4.6 5

1,75 I,43Z t,2z.r,z.p

664,<>93 737,16] g64,456

r,zoJ,906 896,816 5 ;8,6o6 760,874

1873

• •

1,2$3

TO

84-5,6oo

* • * !~262,018

1,539,510 !,JI 1,oo6 1~409,607 I,3I3,655 1422,6tS r,619JI4o I~'{I2,939

I,574,2 94 I,/09,673 r,631,89o

* *

1;200 !~470

920 296 490 448 432

* 8r2 r,z 3o 1.9)0 3.933 1,702

1887.

" *

1,475 I,ozz I,293 1,378

799 I 817 8qo 864 040 sss 530 ?86 6Js 628

1,270

5,714 6,,s5 7,263 5,854 s,ogg 6,313 6.+32 5,906 5,301 6)103 6,827

/,7'"'4-g,JS' 7,546

s,ooo

8I9 r,so7

IO,ZI7 IJji26

* * *

18,243 xo,z:zo 8,8So S,otti 8,789 8,919

u,888 n,ss6 s,rzo 5,•6s 5,830

J I,oco

* zs,ooo

Il2,342. 137,oso I30,8J2-90,l04

92>403 141,063 xo6,396 l I 3,862 ro8>6o8 II 5 238 I45.323 I7I,6oo I64,649 g6,ro9

75,000

3,069 3,3I6 3,056 3 928 41603 3,882 4.76I 6,III

s,ol56 5,133 5468 5.424 6.-JS 7,202 8}717

j,8I3 4,582 5.941 s,ogi 5,367 5,398 7d20 t.:l587 6,q6 li',28~

6,063 5,666

*

7,910 6,97~ 6,go6 7.9;4 8,336 8,079 9 743

17,2.99 :H,260 22,5 go 22,540 20,488 21,102 21,348 24,823 2-7)68':.1:

"' 338

13,014 I/,046 26,833 !4,..63 134)4 14,378 27>832 x6,r7o r8,I5J. I6;IJ3 25,557 23,192

*

1~:?.63 987

I,I79 r,uo

;oS S.;>o

1,269 r,649 5~6 667 93°

11500

1,o85 1,071

I 130

24.970 26,169 24>455

51,758 63,68) 7I,599 86,922 944"8 86,r86

uq,51.3 IIt;::zg 121,890 104,)81 II3,198 I23,".04 113,753 I 34,965 138,o6o

142,16j

r6o,9)I !61,429

* *

z6,4o6 J0,486 34,7.:;8 29,664 2Q,440 33.9'3 :;~,q8 31,"irs 3'h790 38,o4J •P,4l4 44.735 41,693 47,269 44 562

* * *

20,049 17)319 I6,856 I8,0I3 18,750 z3,s 56 Z4 4S4 18,334 2),959 20,:Z91\ 24,050

19.677 25,718 2 4 1 57

28,4 3<> 4I,q..q_ 49,217 35,907 33;33 I 40499 54,008 3)1883 H·95" 49.5'3

43,6r6 62,187 62,216 52,::t.oz 49.137 72,184 49,760 6),060 45,o9o 5s.l67r 53,022 64,520

* *

* • • • • * • • * • *

* *

*

8r,75o 59.488 98,350

l:Z.h240

* *

zo8 I9I

r,o75 ss6

1,s6s 94.2 34

103,167 II4~978 !20,3'16 II8,478 1 r8,6go lJ.d.~6JO 137,6SI '49.571 I 53,382 >h376 185,434 198,935 !85,899

* * *

594

9.668 6,942

970 739

3,Ssr 16,876 17j887 '6,6$7 39,234-

40 250 9;,6o8

xoo,x68 IOj,855 IIJ,9:;o 1o8~58o

~ !O"',Z.OI 1 11:41003

IOt,4 38 96 091 u~,Sz'7

IOJ,I77 !05,4)7 IJ5,040 IJ716oz

2t ,IJI

196,o19 ZZS,35I 369,391 440,41 I 443.907 43",8 s6 3!2,9!4 528,156 503,9I7 ss6,•J9

117J,ZJ5 2)8,381

Year ~ ame of Colony.

--=~=-~~:_ -=~-- -=~ -------------1

t80,342 I8o,254 I96 184 194 ?68

IZI,553 130>052 1 57 '915 I 59,678 162,400 164 360 t68,420

* * 170ood'

z6,zgo 26,636 29,379 33.50> 30,691 32~8or 32,41 I 34,568 3r,7_,5 31,325 p,884 37,II I 34,39Z 38,360 ti.£,100

22,612

23,2o8 23,4-73 23,6z2 2Z,I95 24,107 24,593 25 2.67 27,805 >5,85" z6,84o 27)1E8 28,61o 29,684 29,528

• •

137,768

* 161,736

* .. • * !87,382 • •

883,763 9)8,658

r,os4,;98 1,zz8,265 r,I 69,5'76 1,184,84:t I,IZ.9d58 1,286,267 1~286,077 1,287,c88 172()7,546 ,,ry37,945

1,425,I}O

I,JI7,3I5 1,367,84+ 1~575,487

174~321 185,342 219,240

2I944I 230,679 25 x,Soz z66,217 307,177 314,918 3o6,o46 319 6:zo 389,726

* *

4-7,64-o 46,748 )0,4I6 54,058 52,057 56,rs8 6o,6ry 63)719 63,009 6),473 64,552 7I,I02 70,4.08 88,2J4 93.544

ro6,3o8 !10,450 n8,694 I24.459 126,882 r:z:6,276 129,317 12-7,t87 130,526 !22,~04

130,525 J2$,834 138,642 , 4s,6u5 !47,092.

u,323 o8o I r,2:H,o36 1 I,749·532 11,278,893 10}1 1],&67

9.379,276 8,651,775

ro,-;6o 2B 5 10,267,265 IC,I741246 I 739,02! 10;637,412 I0~681!837

7,268,946 ;,I8c,"'92 7,227 -74 7,311\074 6~272 '1b6

z;,63t,634 6,o83,034 6,935,967 8,zgz.1883

I2,C4J,893 Il,5J7,475 9,3o819II 8,994.322 9 690 445

12)926,1 58

5,6r7 4'9 6,uo}zu 6,179.395 6 l33,29I 6 098,319 6,177212 6,140,]96 6,463,897 6,8rc,8 s6 6 388,366 6,6-- 067 6,696,406

*

748,536 77'"',86r 881,86r 899.494 797•' s6 86g,3•5

I 1 I09.86o l,Z3I,7!7 1,267,912

r,259 "97 1 :;rs,r.:.s 1,547 ob r 117C2,JI9 1,8o9 071 r,go9)940

1,490,746 .£,72 4:953 I,7:F 723 I,768 7~ 5 1,8I8.n5 .,838,83! r,835,970 I}'t83;6II

r,847 479 !,845>4'5 1,831,069 1 720,027 r,648,627 1,6o9,o46f I :.'l47,242

* * 494,9I7 l II,704,853

* * • * 578,430

* 6o8,637

* * • •

895.461

• a,gS),a8 5

• •

'3,384,071 14,056,266 !6,677,445

50,097 )Ijoog 51,796 5 ~,843 6x,86I 73 663

87,336 7S,CI9

1001562 102,295

104,527 103,422

9°.548 I 13I,CII

120,718

'

20,948 r 3,290 14,420 IS xo8 18,942 t6,J62 20 397 24,232. zz,530 r6,898 x8 srz 20,039 24 280 1

•4 655 23,627

59.628 51,4.6& .p,664 6o !J8I 55 6;z 39,)95 38,6ro .1.8,o29 4g,66o 47t227 5li,7""4 57.303 67 ,395 73,II8 5:!408

I873 ~ I874 ' 1875 ! I876 I ''77 I 1878 !879 r 88o ~New South Wales 188r J

1S8z r883 I I884 1885 1 I I886 J

1887 )

I

I )-Queensland I

i

7',9" 108,833 54,028 I 6S,7xo 68,423 I 3qp8r 6t 0541 75.764 73,99" IN 649 56,670 7q,868 40,3041 <f\,8!8 57.938 79.013 67,4zs I 1oo,so7

-------------~----~·----~-..

1 For la""es+ informatwn respecting th€ J=Opula-tlon of stverol of the colomc~;, see footnotes to Tablf;c 1 post d d D b F 1 t 1 -:~The R~lie~ue a-nd Expenditure of Victoria. m all the years spectfted, a.nd 01 Queensland fortltc ~ H;o years 1S76 to !88t, are for the twclv() months cnd~d 1oth June In other m stance' the nformat on relate>-~ to the ;,ea-rs en c :SISt eccm e1. Ol a er m Ol'matlon respectmg V toria ::se( footnote(t)toTabloiV andfOOtlnte(t)toT:..bleY,post , l'l lN d 1 f tn ( )'··T bl VII

lC $ 1 t..,r mforrnation res ectlh"' the Puo.l c Debt.':; ()f some'" o[ th~ col(lhtes, also respectmg the "Accrued Smkmg Fund of New Zealand, s1.1e '-'~enera ote an a ~o eo ore J w a e post .~~~ :gures relatmg to VlctomU1 Bullwl.YS foi' the last +hree :s:ears relat.c to the financJa1 ~e~x ended ~oth June: tho"'e for New 7-caland Ra.tl'\\:1)8 fer the last two yei:us are fot the twelve montns {,mded 3ISt :i\Ia eh et the yoa:r followmg \n all other Ca$es the iigtues 1€-l~"W to th9

calendar jeal' Tlm figure]!; tor Westftrn Australia. relate to GI>Vfllnm.ent lmes onls, until ISS7, for which ;vear prnate hues also a1e mcluded.

No. 10$,

c Land undet permanent MthlClll gta.ss 1s not moluded 111 ~ew South Wules Queensland, Western Austra'1a, and NAw Zea,l11nii ~ee Nole to 'lh,bk X\ post e Includ,ng land m fallow in all the colom~s except New South Vta~es See footnote (1) w Tabw XV post. 'Pnorto 188:;, tlJO Qt eensla.nd sh1ppmg returns were nnprop-:;rl) s" ellcd ny -. essets tf€ ng comJtffil ufrcc.ch at cacn port of call a Wh~at and stock estmlatt~j The statiStlC.s hu.ve 1 ot be~:tl0llllected smce xS84-5

HENRY HEYLYN HAYTEll, Government Stati.St of Vwton~t

B

Sm,

REPORT.

OFFICE OF THE GovERNMENT STATIST,

Melbourne, 12th November, 1888.

I have the honour to forward herewith the completed Australasian Statistics for the year I 887.

2. Preliminary tables embracing the leading features of these Statistics were forwarded to the Government Printer, on the 9th ultimo, in order that they mig·ht he published for general information. These preliminary tables appeared in the Gove1·nment Gazette three days afterwards.

J. The tables now given differ but sligl1tly in form from those published last year. One fresh table (XX.) has been added, showing returns of the Savings Banks in the different colonies.

4· The Statistics of Fiji, being necessarily different in form from those of the other colonies, are, as usual, published separately after the others. They now embrace returns extending over ten years.

5. The present being the fifteenth issue of the Australasian Statistics, the folding sheet at the commencement now contains a summary of items for each year, from I 873 to I 887.

6. I have often pointed out that in consequence of the £<tilure of the Immigl·a­tion Office authorities to obtain complete accounts of emigration by the seahoard, the population of all the colonies is liable to he over-estimated. To rectify this, an allowanec has for several years heen made in Victoria and New South \Vales, such allowance amounting in I887 alone to 5,988 in the former, and 6,351 in the latter. These numbers have accordingly been deducted from the respective totals, the effect being that the populations given for those two colonies are in all probability approxi­mately correct. So much, however, cannot he said for the population statements given for the other colonies making no such allowance, which~ together with the statements for the Australian continent and the whole of Australasia, nrc doubtless to a greater or less extent too high.

7. It should he pointed out that, in Victoria, cross entries arc, in almost all cases exeluded fi·om the statements of revenue and expenditure. \V m·e this not done the figures would manifestly he much higher than those now given. The effect of this exclusion is that the Victorian statements arc strietly comparable with those of hut few of the other colonies, in some of which there seems a tendency rather to swell the returns by the multiplication of cross entries than to condense and simplify them hy omitting as many of sueh entries as possible.

8. The information ernbodied in the tables now suhmitted will, as on former occasions, be freely used and eommented upon in the uext and subsequent issues of the Victorian Year- Book.

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,

HENRY HEYLYN HAYTER, Government Statist.

The Honorable the Chief Secretary.

No. 108. c

AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1887.

TABLE I.-POPULATION, 1887,

(Exclusive of A.borigineil, e:rcept a few i1t Victoria and New South Wale.•.)

On 31st December.

Area N tune oi Colony. In Estimated Population.' Persons Square

Mnes.' i

to tiiO lllale•. Total, )!ale>. Females. Square

:M !le.

V!ciorht 87,884 486,075 11'790 541,070 1,019,700 New S.otuh '\\..-ales 3"9,175 468,907 nn ;61.,677 1,02.1,44~

'Qucensi:tml 668,U4 151,4"9 '549 ~07.778 . 354.777 ... South Australia 903,415 1$1 ... 47 317,446 I08'SI 91'16 '351 3'3.357 We!it ern Anstra Ha 975,9~0 17,681 41,488 140'30 71'18 41,699

Total .. Z,9#,6z8 1,•77.3'9 2,,So5~91:t 119'67 •• 75 1,975 Tasmania •6,375 66,•H 141.,478 1r5·a 139.845 New Zcnhmd 104,1.15 11.78,8oj 00),)61 < u6·.p $96,374

Hraud Total ),075.~38 ],551,751 118'93 3.488,194

1 The fll'eato here J.!:iven. except in the case of New Zenland~ lire the rc~u1ts of planimetrlcal calculnUons made in the office of the Suryeyor .. Oenernl, ::\Iclhourne. :Kx:ccpt in the ('a:o~c of \Ve!':tern Au&trn.Ua, the u-rea. t·f which differs from the official estimate tly 84~coo square miles, the11o results agree closely with tne figures furnl~hc<l oftidully by the various colonies. Sec also Victorian rear~1Jvok, 1887-8, Yol. I., vn.ge 87.

u In making: up the e~timntcs of population in Victorht and Nev .. · ::;onth 'Vales, allowance has been made for unrecorded cmi~ra.tion ~tlnce the cen:<oth~ of 1881--the dnJe of the tn.st census. If this ha!lllot het'H tlone. the populallon of Victoria would lla\•e hetn t<et down as I,072.,Io7,nnd that of NHw ::o;outh WnJcs a8 I,o78,1.o5. 1\loreovt-r, ct>nsuseto: llaviug bct~n taktm in New Zel:llnlHl nntl Queenslunt1 iu t11e t._•urly llU.rt of 1886 the populations vf lho~e colonies o.re pro1JnJJ1y ncnrer the truth than those of some of the other coloJJies vd1ich hnd no census since 1881 •

• On the ]Cth JUn<\ 1888, the csthnatell population or Ylctorln. WR8 I,o6o,42.0, viz., s64,3:2.0 males. anti 496,100 females.

"' .:\Iaorl.s urc not included. On the 2.8th Mnrd1, 1886, these numbt::red 4t,964J, viz., 1-:t,&.to males nml 19,12.9 females. On the ~oth Jtme1 1888, th~ estitun.ted population of New Zealand wnf:'. 6o4,86s.

Nnme of Colony.

Vict.orta

New South \Vales QuecnslnnU Rout h A nstralia

""cs:tern Australia

Totnl

Tusmania New Zealand ..

TABLE H.-BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES, 1887.

nirths or- Deaths of-

IJ'I)

I,8J7 14'56

2.,1.40 '·7"4 U'S9 1,557 453 ~49 16·83

:t]pll 16,•;4 7'47

'·'97 864 2.,161 ~.575

~.514 6,1J7 ],56] U,998

19,6J• 47.563 1.5,o67 71,488

• In ctl!oulatlna theac results the mean population• jhownln !be li\Bt column of Table I. have been used.

:Males to 1 eo Females.

• ~·he number• !n these two ool11mn• doubled w1ve the totalpumber or Jlti'IOPI murrled 1\lld tllo uu~nb~r married In pro110rt1o~ to ever;r thoutaQd or tlle maan ~OPI!l•tlon, < "

10 AGSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1887.

TABLE III.-IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, 1887. - ------------,----------· ------------

Name of Colony.

Victoria

~ew So nth 'Vales Queen:,laml

South Australia \Vcstern Auslralla

T'ota1

Tasmania

New Zealand

Grand Total

Excess of Immigrauts over

EmigrauL:;. i

X orE.-The Immigration and Emigl'atton in this table is by sea only. No uccounl i~, or can l)e, taken of persons going trom colony to colony overlnnu.

V

1 The figures in th<'!Bt~ colmnns under.5tute the truth. :Many persons leru·e all the colonh!il by sea without their departure being noted. ~ In consc{tnenc.c of the Emigration returns Ucing defedive, as stated in the lu.st footnote, the figures in these columns urc too lligll. \Yhcrc the

minus ;:;ig"u (-)appears it inJieates that the emigrants exceeded the lmmigru.nts by the number against whiclt it is placed. 3 ~\.ccording to Imperial returns. the number of persons who left the Uuitcd Kingdom for the .Austrnln.sia.n colonies in 1887 was 35,198, nntl the

number who returned to the United Kingdom from these cnlonlcs was ro,.)92. The excess in favour of departures wn.s thus ~4,6o6, or less thn.n two­Hfth.s oi the excess of imrnigrtmts over emigrants sho'\vn in the table.

• ·where asterisks occur the information liWJ not been furnished or te incomplete~

TABLE IV.-PUBLIC REVENUE, 1887. (Exclusive of Revenue from Loans.)

I Public Ilevenue derived from-

Name o! Colony. l Taxation. ! Totnl Cro·wn I'ost and Other Ucvenue.

I

Customs .: Lands. 1\utlvvays. Tclegra11lu!. Sonrces.

Duties. Other . I Tot.ul •

£ I £ £ £ £ £ ictorin. 2 ••• ... ... 2,132,36r 2,739,63 5 587,091 2,453.345 4IJ,53 5 540,22.0 6,733,826 £ I £ .1

New South \Vales ... ...

1

>,on,,.) 2,664,548 2,378,995 2,28 ;,836 ·524,298 729,134 s,5s2,su • Qnoensln.nd 254,129' 1,338,838" )80,903 710,458 ... ... 1,084,709 197.779 2.04,485 3,032,463 South Anstmlia ... .. . 467,889 180,756 648,645 191,971 674.419 194.995 304,072 2,014,102. \Vestcrn Austmlia ... ••• 170,972 17,939 188,91 I 76,929 41,104 2J,488 47.471 377·903

Total ... ... ;,867,878 1,712,699 7,)80,577 3,81 ;,889 6,165,162 1,354,095 1,825·382 120,741

Tasmanh1 ... . .. i 274,06) 101,436 375.501 6;,886 53,074 46,JI7 54,198 594.976 New Zealand 1,273,236

: I,87612J) 284,356 990,395 24I,)OI' 71,oo8 3.463,495 ... ... : ..

-----Grand Total !

7·41 5·179 2,417,134 9,832,313 4,166,131 7,zo8,631 I ,64I,91 3 1,9 ;o,;88 24,799.5 ... i i

Proportion o:f Revenue dedvect from- Amounts per llead.'

Taxation. I

Nnme of Colony. I Crown I Railways. Post and l Total. Tnxa.tion.

Custorns i Ln.nds~ Telegraphs. Uevcnue. Other Duties. Ta:x:es. Total..

-- -~- -· per cent. perecnt. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. £ s. d. £ s. d.

Victorin. ... ... ... 31 ·66 9'02 40'68 8'72 : 36'44 6'I4 8•o2 6 14 3 2 I4 7 New South Wales •.. ... 23'44 7"61 31'05 27'72 26'63 6• II

I

8'49 8 7 II 2 I2 I Queensland ... ... 35'77 8•38 44'15 19·16 23 '43 6·p 6'74 8 IO It 3 IS 6 South Australin. ... ... 23'24 8'97 32'21 9' 53 I 33'48 9'68 15'IO 6 8 7 2 1 5 Western Austmlia ... ... 45'25 4'75 so·oo 20'35 ro·88 6•2r 12'56 9 I 3 4 IO 7

Total ... ... 28'2.9 S·z6 36'55 18'40 29'73 6·sz s·so 7 11 8 2 15 5

Tasmania ... ... 46'07 17'05 63. I2 11'07 8'92. 7'78 9' II 4 5 1 :!. 13 8 New Zealaml ... ... 36'76 17'41 54'17 8'21 28·6o 6'97 2'05 5 16 2 3 2 II

----Grand Total ... 2.9'9° 9'75 39'65 r6· So I 29'07 6•62 7'86 7 2 IO 2 !6 .

NOTE.~The figurc.g of revenue and exr)cmliturc for Victoria arc for the twelve mouths emled 30th June, but tho::;e for the othet· colonies n.rc for the calt'JHlar year. Refunds of revenue~ drawbacks, and such similar entries, are rigirlly excluded from the accounts of revenue :mU c:xpc:nUiture of VIctoria. hut are inclnde.d in tlJOse of New South \Vales and Queensland, nlso ht those of some of the other colonies. Kec also NoteS·

l 1Ihe an1ounb:~ In this column ure made up of Excise duties, including lit:cnees imposed for revenue pnry,uses; dutie:.~ on brmk

other thnn those for fees of office; legacy, succession, and probate duties; property and income taxes; and any other impost, payn.ble to Govcl'nment, lcvicU dil:ltinctly as a tax; but c:x.clm:Hng fees, licence~, and charges fur spcclal services rendered.

2 According tu a statement made up in the 1'reasury, lmt nGt n.nditell, the figure:-! for Yictoria. during U1e year Clh1Ctl n.s follow :-HcYenue fn•nt CuJO:toms, £Z,3SJ,05o; other taxes, £686,988 (p:utly rstimatc•l); fl'Oln Crln\'ll lumt~, £656,219; from from Po~t nn{t 'l'ele;;:-ru11hs, £539·780 <~~timated); from other sources, £63o,229-Totfl.l reYcnuc, £7,6o7,7S.t:- The es,tilnated mean ~ame pcrin•t W<tR ;l>bout I,OJ7.6oo; therefore the reYcnuc per liea<l wns £7 6~. Sd.; and tllc taxati\mvcr head was £2 If"s. 7d.

;; The prOI•Ortimt of the rcn:uue of Yictorin r.nd. New Zealan!l derived from "Other 'l'nxcs'~ a.nd "Pnt:t and Te~egraphs" has been roughly c.stimn.led, nw· then• i,; llt) r<!li!tllle ll1CHllS of verifying- tlw firnres.

"' Exc1n~;yc of tramn·a~s. ~ef' fonfnote (1) t·1 'L'aDJe X.po.~t. ~ I·t;:IU< in~· r~__q·cuu(' rutlHJW<l to the extent of at lea:::t £235,8oo-viz., £13·904, being- rep'1.yments to credit of votes; £79,180, nnd

rciuud:o~ tJf duy; £:2.7,684, milway rcv<'uue cnlh-ctcd for the Vktoriu.n Government; alxmt £ro5,Ioo, being otherrevt:nue returned, " lttcludi;:g licences. £52..,72.3. fqrmcrly cla&Sl'{l. nnder ''Other Sourl'e3," 7 lnclu:-:ive of revenue from goll1-fields, £13.588. • In calculllting the amounts f{ll" Victoria the mean population during the year 1886-7 (Ipoj,IOo) has been taken. For the other colonies, the

figures of menn popullltiou showu in the lust column of 'l'able I. have lie-en usctl.

8

AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1887. 11

TABLE V.-PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, 1887. (Exclusive of Expenditure from Loans.)

·······-------- --- -=---------·-----·---------,------~~

Name ol Colony,

I

Railways CWorl<ing

Expcuscs).

£ Victoria 1 I,363,587 New South Wales 1,457,761 Qneensluml 534,]81 South Australia 409,I28 ·western Australia 47.712

Total J,8n,s69 Tasmania 80,752 New Zealand 653.363

Grand Total .... 4.546,684 j

Name of Colony. llailways.

llCr cent.

Victoria ... ... 20'78 New South \Vales ... 16'02 Queensland ... ... 15'95 South .Australia ... 19'07 \V estern .Australia ... IO'#

Total ... . .. 17'64

Tasmania ... ... I2'07 New Zealand ... . .. I6'52

·-Grand Total ... 17'34

I'u IJ!ie Expenditure on-

Post and Interest I Tclegro.phs. and Expenses on ImmigTntion.

I'ublic Debt. _! _

£ £ £ 585,990 ! 0270,809 6J3,813 ! 1693,926 31,534 323.477 942,815. I 77,093 7IO,OJO 9•989 40,298 6),840 I7,ooo

1,76o,671 4,683,420 s&,s:z.J 61,306 182,571 449

270,996 I.499·784 '

2,092,973 i

6,365,775 .I ss,g72

--· . - - -·-·- -Proportion of Total Expenditure expended on-'

--- ---~-- ----

I Intmst J Post rmd Tc-kgra.plls. awl Expenses o.f Immigration.

.Public Debt.

per c<:mt. per cent. per cent.

8'93 I9'37 ... 6'97 I8'62 '34 9'66 28'14 ... 8·25 33'10 '47 8·82 14'41 3'72

8·r5 21'67 '27

9'17 27'30 '07 6·s 5 37'93 . ..

'

7'98 24'26 '22

Other Services.

£ 3·34o,86s 5,28I,426 I,$49,376

8J&,s9s 286,047

1 1,296,6og

343,68! 1,530,147

I 3,I 70,437

-

Other Services.

per cent.

50'92 58·os 46'25 39'II 62.'61

52'27

51'39 38'70

·-50'20

j

Total Expenditure.

£ 6,S6I,25I g,o98,46o 2

3,35o,o49 2,145,135

456,897

2I,6II,j92

668,759 3·954,290

26,234,84I

Tofnl Expenditure

per Head.

£ s. d. 6 IO 10 8 18 0 9 8 IO 6 I6 II

IO 19 2

7 18 0

4 IS 8 6 I2 7

7 11 2

NoTE.-For periods to which the figures relate in each colony, see .Note to last table. ~'or remarks in reference to the practice ol swelling the returns of some of tl1e culouies by tucluding refunds of revenue, &c., on bo1lt sides of the account, see Note to lust table.

1 According to n statement mnde up tn the Trcu.s.nry, ln July, 1888, the npproxlmo.to expenditure of Yictorin for tlte yen.r l8S7-8 was us follows:-Ra.ilwayst £IlS:7C,I39; Post und 'tclegrn.phs, .£5:2.4,367; Interest, &c., on rublie Debt, £1,433,S1.6; Other Service!!!• £j,8I7~6so-Total Expen­uiturc, £7.345,650 or £7 ••. 7<1. per head o! population.

:a H<'e footnote(;:} to last table. ;r Interest only~ • Exclusive of payments to tlle sinking fund, (viz., £z58,184) formel'ly to revenue, but now virtually provided for out of n. loan raised

ior the 1mrpose, ' In clllculnting tile amounts VIctoria, tile mean population the year 1886-7 (I,OJ7,6oo) has been taken. }'or the other colonies the

t1gnres of mean population shown 1n lo.st. column of 'fable I~ have been

'··-·-r·---·------

TABLE VI.-EXPENDITURE FROM LOANS, 1887. Expenditure from Loans on-

Total Name of Colony. Expenditure

Railways, from Loaus.

£ £ £ £ £ Victoria I,521,817 373>994 62,239 47,856 82,054 1 2,087,960 New South iYales I,448,135 216,540 6,u5 5J,28 5 255.429 1,979.504 Queensland 1,294,I4:1. 26,794 24,2I2 117 ,88o I 5I 1440 281,139 I,895,6o7 South Australia 8J4,907 2.49·765 2 5,5I0 45,184 87,li6 1,222,+82 Western Australi.'1. II2,144 92,505. 204,649

Total s,zll,l45 86j,093 98,o76 264,205 151,440 798,243 7.390,202

Tasmania 197,696 n6,957. 2,23I 62,702 379·586 New Zealand 82o,289 230,629 II0,048 18,382 8oi,Jo2 1,98o,6so

Grand Total 6,229,130 3zs,7o5 491,210 Ij2,053

Name of Colony. lloads nnd llailwnys. Water Supply. Brltlge:s.

per cent. per cent. per cent. £ d. Victoria 72'89 I7'91 2'98 8 New South Wales 73'20 10'93 '30 9 Queensland 68'27 I '41 I '28 7'99 IO South Australia 68'30 20'4-3 '45 3'70 0 Westeru Australia 54'80

Total 70'5I II'74 n8 2'04

Tasmauin 52'08 New Zealand 41'42

Grand Total 63'89

No'r.E.-'l'he figures for Victoria and South Aust1'nlia relate to the 30th June, nnll those for the other colonies to the 31st December. 1 Including £49.:.84 on school buildings.-' Including expendlture on seweraltc.~J, Including :£31~512. on Electric Tetegru.phs.--

.. In Tasmania, the expentliture Oll roads antl bridges is included willl that ou ''Harbours, &:c."

1099

12

Nnmc of Colony,.

Victoria

New South ''Vales

Queensl!tnd

South Australia

'V estern Australia

Total

Tasmania .••

New Zealand •

Grand Total ...

Nnmc of Colony.

Victoria

New South Wales

Queensland

South Anilt,ralia

Western Australia

Total

Tnsmania ...

X ew Zealand •

Railways ;.tnd

Tram,Ynys.

£

2 5.41 3,2o6

zg,989,750

13,127,799

ro,891,728

8r6,r47

8o,238,63o

I 1771 1928

I 3,362,424

95·372,982

£

Grand Total ... 5·3r8,76o

AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1887.

TABLE VII.-PUBLIC DEBT, 1887. (On the 3 rst Decembe1·.)

Public Debt co11tmcted ior-

HariJaurs, Water Supply non.ds Hivcrs, School unU n.nd .L!ghthonses

Buildtng8. Sew(~ragc. Bri~lge~. (Mid

Docli:s, &e.

£ £ £ £

s,oo7,6so 6z6,or9 r,ros,S57

693·509 3,47z,8Sz : ss6,4r4 r,65o,942 so,ooo

745,207 472,II 5 731,88 5 I 1430,I9J

826,op 2,7~9.500 I,J2J 1284 I,J64,JI3 674,ooo2

r7o,r56 +8,8::12

------ ------ ------2,434.902 u,68z,r47 2,768,447 r,8zg,557

90,971 r,o79,338 : II0,428

s6r,963 559.941 3,363,5 5 I 822,12) 1

3,087,836 12,242,o88 6,r 31 1998 6,972.930 1,939·98 5

Public J)c!Jt contracted for- Totall'nblic Debt,

Deficiencies in

Revenue.

397,440

IOO,OOO

2

86z,8II

Balance.

£

r,38s,o86'

6ox,ooo 10

£ £

33,127,382

40,995·350

2 3,320,8 50

rg,r68,5oo

r,z8o,700

Avera~c per

Head. 7

£ s. d.

JI 19

39 6 2

63 II

ne fence Wc•rks.

£

xoo,ooo

p8,867

IJ7,390

!87,220

953.477

1,48o,z69

Ye:ar's

4'92

4'78

7'69

9'52

3'39

5·68

6'91

Il'04

6·46

Other l'ubl!c \Vorks.

£

766,9o8

r,oZI,3I7

r,38z,68s

47l,P5

125,478

3,767,813

so6,sn 2,oo6,867

-----6,281,2)7

Proportion of 'l'utal

Debt contrilcted

I for Railway! and

' Telegraphs.

per ceRt.

76'71

74'85

59'49

6 I' I 3

77'01

70' 13

45'33

36'43

6!'45

NoTE.-On Ute June, 1SSS, the Public Debt of Victoria wa::. £34,62.7,18:z.. 'J'b: eliltimntetl population at thut date was x,o6o,fZO, and tbe fiilproximu,te revenue the ftnancinl year cmi.ed with that date waR £7,6o7,7S4, The ~mwnnt of imtchtettness per beau was thus £31138. 1d., and the delJt was equivalent to 4"55 years' I'CTenue. Since the crHl of 1887 New South \Vnle~ fioatl.-d a frebh loan in Loudon for £;soo,ooo, Qne~nslaw1 m::c for £:z.,;oo,ooo, and New Zealand ono tvr £-2,ooo,ooo.

1 lnl'lnded with other public \Yorks~ , Includlu_q' other buHOtugs. 2 The figures fol' New Zcnlu.nd represe-nt Jltc bulk ni tll~ expmhlitul'e out vi

18701 the dnte of tlte nr:-;t Immigration and Public Works Loau; it i!!. however duth:s, &c.,conhibute.l £-Omewhat toward::; the tot;l] sum SO ex_pea:\cd. 1fhc hal~ncc entered as., rnapportiolH:tl.''

net t'Xllt:lHliturc out oi the" Pnblie 'Vorks Fund," ~in(·C he~ides loan moHC',Yfl-, rCC(·ipts in tti(t from ~tamp tn•tke up the total tl<:bt at the cnll of 18S7 has heen

" In New Zealand, a JlOrtion of the t'XIJeHditurc Oil "lJC'fenCf!s" is inelnded under tbe hend oi "IL.l.tbour~,u &c., a nU a- portion is uw1er tl;e head of u Unapuortioncd."

5 Consisting chiefly of unextH~ndtll balt~ncelil . .c As u set-off against the Jll!hlic deht, New Zculaml

net liability for that colony was, therefore, £H.95·hOH, or fuw1s po,-.;sc:::seti by the other colmtlcs Are comt)al*Atin'!ly .£;9,1.~7; Rwl Ta.smanitt., £89,03 I,

amonntin:;, on th\! 3Bt l)ccem!Jer, 'Le .£),:t.?r,so:t; the ll''l""'"''on, and eqnal to 9--z,5 times the rcyenne. 'J'hc ~tld:.ing

~unounts:-Victoria, £52,393; 'Vestcrn Austtalio,

1 In ealenlattn;; tllese result..,) t'w populations ou the )tst December sllown in the 1ifth column of Tnble I.luwe bet:n used. • Tn calculuting ll1csc 1'et:alt:;:, the fi;;m·c:;; of JHtblir. re'\'"ClLlt: giYf'n in 'J'able IV, ha Ye bc<in nse,l. • Cuusi:;;twg: of" ltepblylllent of Loans," £J 1 B5,Z)O; nnJ Public Workfl. Queeusland (when it formed part of New South \V' ales), £49,8;6. The

former :m~ount r:honld properly 1HtYt:'- been distributed under the purposes for which the ori~lual loan wr.s ra:~cd, 1° Comdsting ofOeneral Pnhlic VfoL·k::; for Northern 'l'erritor;r. 11 Debenture:« redeemed, amounting to £7..J.,oo::>, have !Jeeu tlcLlueted from the amount retnrncU for'" Otllcr Service!<,., since tlte lHtrposes were not

$pectfted for which the original loans tlH:rehy p.tld off were ruiscct. I') Iutcrer<.t n-nd Stnkin~· Futlll. "Includln~ £r,r4r,tSSland ]mrchnses (prooumably !rum th• Maorio), ami ;I!J1.58$ rntes on nuti\'nlandF, ,. Con•liitlng of tho old prov!ncle.lloil.ns o! N•w Ze~lnnd, r;d•ou prior to tho abolition o! pro\'lnco.; ln 1~76, lonn• not nocouutoa for, Ant! tho

uuopent bll.lanoo• ol loau money11; ntuo £916,$61 tor cnnr0~s and elqJel\&os ol rl\ising lol\no. No partlcul~rB ol \he purpoaos to whloh tl\C forir,cr wero applied aro nvallablo,

Name o! Colony.

Victoria New South \Vales Queensland South Australia \Vestern Jl.lasi,ranal

Tasmania New Zealand

Grand

!(ame of Colony.

Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia \V est ern Auatralia

Total

Tasmania New Zealand

rrom the Unite<!

Kingdom.

£

AUSTRALASIAJS' ~TATISTICS, 1887.

TABLE VIII.-IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1887.

Yalnc of Imports.

From Austro.Jn~ian

Colonleo.

l•'rom other Countries.

£ 3.342,429 2,1)),714

586,657 480,629

I4,950

Total.

£ 19,022,1 \1 : I 8,8o6,2j6:

5,821,611 , s,og6,293'

666,344'

per cent. 39'81 48'49 67'40 37'03 27"46

47' 3°

Other Countries.

per cent. 11'95 13'85 1'58 8•oo 9'35

xo·66

Value o! Exports.

£ ; I 8 ~ 18 i 16 , r6 i I 5

s. 13 7 8 5

19

19

8

To otller Countriel!.

7

Total.

2 17 13 8

9

3 19

2

0

llOi

Value of Exports of

Home Produc·

tlon.

74'91 83'65 98'21 6::.·8z 99' so

8t•u

10 i g8'35 8 95'41

2 83'56

NoTE.-Thcre is reason to believe tuat both imports am\ exports nre over-valued in most oi the coloni~s. See lteport to .iuslrala•ian 8/alulic~, 1884.

' In calculnting these resul~,, the mean populations shown in the lnst column of Table I. have been used,

TABLE IX.-SHIPPING, 1887. ~···

Inward!, Outwa.rdo. Total.

Name of Colon;r.

I 1--~·

Vessels. Ton•. Vessel>. I Tons. Vessels. Tone.

--------------------'

Victoria 1192.01180 ::.,p8 1,938,o63 4,sss I

3,sss,z.43 ... . .. 2,435 New South Wales ... ::.,815 2.,142.457 2,go6 2,180,j01 5,72.1 4·322.,758 Queensland 1 ... ... I 8j8 468,180 879 456,osz. 1,717 92.4,232. South Australia ... I 907 841,422 905 836,461 1,812 1,677,883 Western Australia ... I 255 2+9,813 185 214,824 I 440 4-04,637

Total ... ... i 7,250 5,622,0)2 7,293 s,625,701 14,543 u,z.4-7,753 I

Tasmania ... ... 677 360,404 714 374,895 1,391 735.299 New Zealand

I ... ... 6)3 489,754 675 493,583 1,328 983,337 I I i ,_, Grand Total

I s,sso 6,4TZ.,21o 8,682

l 6.+94,179

I I ...

I 17,2.62 12.,966,J89

' Direct trade only. In t8lh and former years the coastal trade carried on by vessels arriving from other countries war; Included. Had thi• been done for 1887 the number of ve&seiB would have been ewelled to +,no and the total tonnage to ;,z7J,98o,

:Name of Colony.

Govern~ ment.

AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 188'7.

TABLE X.-RAILWAYS, 1887.

Length nt End of Year. Government Lines Open for Tm!llc.

Open.•

Private. Total.

In Course of Con­

struction.

Capital of

Totul.

n.t End RC\·enuc Account for the I Proportion

1

I Year. f

---..,------.,----1 "' · n~ lnt• Gaug'c.

tog,~1:;u1 Average Receipts. Working Net per 1\Iilc. Expenses. Receipts.

--------- __ l_n_il_e_s.-l--m-il_e_s.-l-n-li-le_s_. --= --:--r--£-- -~-.- --£-'- --£-- per cent.

1,880 ... 1,880 337 25,297,5241 13,456 2,453,078 1,427,II6 1,025,962 4'17

Ft. In.

Victoria .,.

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia .••

Western Australia

Total

Tasmania" New Zealand

Grand Total. .•

2,036 45 z,o8I 131 26,554,387 13,042 z,zo8,295 1,457,761 750,534 2'96 4

1,765 ... 1,765 653' 12,189,919'1 6,906 719,254 534,381

1

184,873 I'6I 5 :

I,4l0 "' I1420 403 ' 9,16I,783 ! 6,452 688,207: 402,I63: 286,044 3 '27 { 3

171 68

II3

239 Jl 6 8I6,I47'! 4,7731 41,1041 47,712.;

1

: -· 6,6o8' 1 - •87 7 :

1

: 3 ----·--·-:- 1--7.385 1,555 74,019,760

1

Io,179 6,Io9,93si3,869,133 2,24o,8o5 1 3·16 I 2,165,273

I 3,352,978

8,020

7,617

'25

2'33 I 3

---1-- --1----1-----1

3

8~

6

3 6

6

6"

6

NOTE.-The figures are for the yeM ended 30th June, 1887, for Victorin; for that ended )Ist l\Iarcl1, 1888, for New Zeah1nd; a.nd for thn.t cndc<l 31st December for the other colonies. On the :;oth June, 1888, the extent of Hues ovcned in VIctoria had increased to z,o18 miles, o.nd the co!:'t of construction to £2.7',2.6S,zsB whilst the gl'oss receipts for 1887-8 amounted to £1,756,049, the worldng expenses to £1,7:)),019, nnd the net receipts to £1,003,030. The latter equivalent to rsz per cent. of the capital rost. In addition to the Victorian lines open, there wcrc1 on the 3oth June, 1888, 493 miles fn progrees, nnd 305 miles authorized, but not connnenceO.

• These columns do not include tmmwsys, of which there were iu Victoria, at the end ot 1887t ZI! miles (chiefly cable) constructed by the Melbourne municipalities, but let to a privo.tc company; in New South Wales, )1 miles (steam), constrnctc<l !Jy Government at a capital cost of £?2.3,6o8, the gross receipts from which amounted in 1887 to £22.9,771, and the working expenses to £215,639t in Queensland, 9 miles; awl in \\i estem Austra.lia'y constructed by timber companies, 100 ntiles. '1'hc cost of construction of the cable tramways of Victoria (including expendi­ture on lines in progress), at the end o! 1887, was £1,o)o,740, and the receipts <luring the year amounted to £196,;18.

2 The caleulations in this column are bnee~ol on tl1e mean of tlle amounts of capital cost at the beginning and end of the year. • Including railways authorized. • Including expenditure on lines in progress. • This is below the true proportion, as the co.pirol cost, on which the rate is based, Includes expenditure on lines in progress, which were

necessa,rily unl!ro<luctive. • ExcluSlve of a, La.nd-grant railway being constructed from Albany to Beversley- a distance of 242 miles-which will be opened about the

beginning of 1889. T The n1inus (-) ai,bYfl indicates a net loss, or excess of working expenses over receipts. ' Included with the Government lines in Tasm<Lnia <Lre 133 miles guaranteed by the St"te, constructed at a cost ol £976,957. The other

private lines in th<Lt colony cost £153,~09; whilst the receipts durin~ the year amounted to £I7,23o, and the working expenses to £8,529. ' Of the Tasmtlllian lines, 45 miles have an additional rail, givmg a s !t. 3 in. gauge as well for that portion,

Name of Colony.

Victoria •..

New South Wales

Queensland .. . South Australia .. .

Western Australia

Total

Tasmania

New Zealand

Grand Total

TABLE XI.-POSTAL RETURNS, 1887.

Number of

Post Offices.

Number Despatched and Receive-d of-

Letters a.nd Post Co.rds.

Total. Per Head of I Population. :

N ewspapers.1

Total. Per Head of Population.

Revenue.• Expenditure.

-------l·-----------;--------·-----------l--------i---------·-1----------

1,492

I 1I67

716

585

79

41,287,972

44,845.900

II,586,807

I 5,I8I,J09

40'49

43'86

32'66

48'45

53'I7

!8,869,055

34,I8I,6oo

9.752,563

7,376,953 I,12J,050

I8'50

33'43

27'49

23'54

Z6'93

£

3II,063 3

342,094

n6,5 3 I

I06,959

IS,049

£

553,I72 I

426,;87

2I4,4II

z,2I7,175 I -----1·-----·--1-----!1--·--- --·--!------ ----

II5,II9,I63 41'84

4·549,899 40,985,467

32'54

68'73

3,960,8 59 I 51J8I,J2J

28'32

2 5'79 l-----1-------:--··-·--·----l-----1-------:--·--

1 6o,6 54,529 I 46 •o6 25'99 I,IJ8,6I8 r,6zo,r8J

1 Subject to certain regulations and restrietions, newspapers :posted in New South \Vales anrl (lucenslanrl travel free to ::my of the AustraL,.illn colonies, and those posted in Western Australia and Tasmania tra\·el free to all places. In the other colonies a small post~gc fee is charged on newspapers.

2 This probably includes commission on money orders: in all the colonies.

___ . . ~ App1·oxiul.atc nnly- The. total t•t:venue,, inelusive of Telegraphs, .~., was :£41.1, 79:;, and if allowance were made for official COI'l't:EJftOndenee­and telegrams, which are tran:5rnitted without charge, the total would be increased to about £488,ooo.

• Including expenditure on telegraphs.

AUSTRALASIAN. STATISTICS, 1887. 15

TABLE XII.-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES, 1887.

On the 31st December. During the Year, --·-

N•m• o! Colony. Miles of Line (Poles). Miles of Wire in Opemtion. Telegra,ms Received and Despatched. ____________ M,~·-··-~~- Amount

: Received. In Oper~tion. In course of Total. TelegTa.ph. Tel~phone. 1 Paid. Unpaid. Total. Construction.

··--· -----· ----- ----- ---£

V ictoria. ••• . .. 4,II5 55 4,I70 10,175 2,474 2,I76,915 8J,s6s • z,z6o,48o II0,72;7 1

New South Wales ... l 10,721 I05 Io,h6 21,444 * * .. z,876,so4 I64,SIJ Queen~land ... s,nz 245 9,017 IS,677 * 1,288,183 Z27,174 i I,515,357 83,o62 South Australia ••• 5.4&6 84 5.570 g,]88 11621 * .. 7 57.363 88,o36 WeaternAu:otralia ... : 2,548 2,885 2,8ZI IZ3,865 I 337 ISO 50,Z51 174,II6 8.+34

~----- ----- -----. ---------Total 31,642 8z6 i 32,468 59.505 * * * 7,583,8z0 454.770

Tasmania ... I ... I,8I6 . .. 1,816 Z1407 238 182,235 51,563 233,798 20,7I5

New Zealand 4,646' i ... 4,646' II,37 5 I,3IO 1,589,771 245,6:q I,835,394 Io6,548

Gra,nd Total ... [ ]8,I04 8z6 38,930 73,287 * * i

*Where asterisks occur, the information wa.s not furnished, or is incomplete. I In Victoria, the number of Telephones in use was r,a1 ; and in Queensland, S37· :~ };xclusive of telegrams on railway service .. • Including Telephone revenue, &c. • Including 3S9 miles of cable.

* 9,6sJ,on ls8z,o33 I

TABLE XIII.-CROWN LANDS ALIENATED AND IN PROCESS OF ALIENATION, 1887.

During the Year 1887,

Name of Colony. Area of Colony Sold by Auction, Private Controot, &c. Selected under I Total El: lent in Acres. System of Granted .&.mount without Wholly or

AverBj;e Price Deferred Purchase. Conditionall;r Area. of Purcha•e Payments.• ' Alienated, Money. per Acre.

------ -----acres. £ £ .t. d. e.cres. acres. acres.

ictoria V N Q

... ... ... s6,245,76o Ig,s6s 89,I6I 4 II z 23,09:1. 487 43,144 ew South Wales ... ... 197187z,ooo 2 zp.,9o6 407,229 I 15 0 7Z3,15I 5.377 96IJ434 ueensland ... ... 427,66],360 2.990 73,ZIO Z4 9 8 759·344

3 847 763,18I South Australia ... ... 578,tg2,ooo 734 I,949 2; 13 I 7,548. 19,124 27,406

estern Australia ... ... 624,588,8oo 25,406 5,&26 0 4 7' 4z,ooz 914 68,JZZ w ------- --·--- ----- ------ ------ ----- -----

Total ... . .. 1,884,561,920 z8I,6oi 577.375 2; I 0 1,555,I37 z6,749 I,863,487

Tasmania ... ... I6,88o,ooo 478 3,120 6 IO 6 55,046 3.913 59.437 New Zealand :

6617IO,J20 zs,J3o II 38,832 316,488. 376,474 ... ... 2I,154 I 3 i 1-------- ----- -----

Grand Total ... 1,96S,I p.,240 303,233 6os,szs I I9 II 1,649,0I 5 347,1 so 2,299.398 I

Up to the End of 1887.-Extent- At the enu of 1887.-Extent-

Name of Colony. Alienated in Fee·simple.' In Proeess of Neither Alienated Alienated Alienation under or In Process of nor in Process of Sold. Granted without System of Deferred Alienation. Alienation.

Purchase. Payments.'

--------acree. acres~ acres~ acres~ acres.

Victoria ... ... ... I S1I30,67? IJ,9IZ 7.333,851 :1.2,478,440 3J,767,320 New South Wales ... ... 22,304,539 311 I01I 50 I6,6z4,323 4:1.,0391012 I 55,8J2,988 Queensland ... ... i 8,9z5,748 65,938 ., 951,396 xo,943,o8z 416,720,2 78 South Australia ... ...

I

7,33I,68o 389,124 3.353.329 11,074,133 567,II7,867 Western Australia ... ... I,877,045 9 .. . 19 350,207 2,227,252 622,36I,548 -------- -------- r-Total ... ... ss.s6g,689 J,579,I24 z9,6I 31106

i 88,761,919 I,795>800,00I

Tasmania ... ... * * * 4.57:1.,649 12,307,35I New Zealand ... ... 12,929,311 6,oz 3,214 11 554,834 I 19,507,359 4 7,2021961 12

Grand Total . .. I * " * i II:1.,84I:927 ! I ,8 S S,3JO,JIJ j

* "11ere asterisks occur the information hu..ct not been furnished or cn.nnot be completed. ' The purchAse-money for selected lam\ varies In the ditferent colonies from ws. to 3os. per acre, payable by annual instalments (often

wi tbont interest) extending over a perlod of 10 or 1o years~ For particulars of tbe terms and condltions under which such land is held, see VieWrian Year·B~ok 1887-8, Vol. H., paragraph 1055.

::; Including water areu., amounting to about :.,ooo,ooo aeres.. • '.fbis represents the area leased, with option of purchase on certain eon<Iitions under the Land Act or 1884. ' Exclusive of surrendered lands re-selected wtder the Act of the 31st August, 188~. • This low average is explained by the circumstance thAt a large portion of tbe purchase money was previously paid as rent. Tlle price of

rurnlland l• 1os, per acre. • Of this area, Br,S9S&cres 'jVcre granted tc Natives, or Europeans who purchased from them, under :Native Land Acts, ' Including only that of which the purchAse has been completed. • Exclusive of tbe extent eatlmated tc have been forfeited for non-fulfilment of conditions, &c. • Including land granted without purchase. "Included with the a.rea" Sold.'' :'These figures relate partly to lands in re•peet to which Crown Grnnts bavo been Issued either tc the original Maorl possesoors, or to EuropeaM

u:Ma.oris who have purchased from them, under certain Native Land Ado. " Of thi& extent, about 1~,ooo,ooo acres belong to the lll:aoris, or to Europeans who have purchat~ed from them; and ISo,uB..,.ro• were held

llllder "Perpetual Lease."

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16 AUSTRALASIAN S'l'A.TISTICS, 1887.

TABLE XIV.-STATE EDUCATION, 1887.

At the End of 1887.

Groes Enrolment ol Scholars during 1887,

Nam~ of Colony. N11mber of Teachers,

Number of State Schools.

I Males. Females. • Total. Males • Fe!Il!\les. Total. ~

··--~--

Victoria ... ... 1,91 I 1,750 :!.,544 4,294 119,559 III,31.3 1.30,882

New South Wales ... 1.,236 1,945 11896 3,841 109131.6 99,831. 2.09,158

Queensland ... ... 519 675 796 11471 33,650 30,054 63,704

South Australia ... 5'7 423 669 1,092 25,940 l 1.4,1.53 I 50,193

Western Australia 90'2 i 49 101 I 50 I 21,450 2.,337 4,787 ...

i

I ______ , ______

---------------Total ... ... 5,273 4,841. 6,oo6 I0,848 2.90,91.5 2.67,799 558,71.4

Tasmania ... . .. us I67 2.47 414 8,989 7.538 16,527

New Zealand ... . .. 1,093 1,259 I16o3 21861. I 78,3:t6l 70,987 1 149.313

i -- ------I

Grand Total ... 6,581 6,z68 7.856 14,1:1.4

i

378,240 346,3:1.4 72+.564

I

Scholars in Avemge Attendance Cost of Instruction.• Cost of Inotruct!on during the Year. Estimated per Head of-

Number ol Distinct

~--··--.. _

Name ol Colony. Children Amount contributed by-Attending

Number to Percentage during the Total. Scholar~~ of Total ea.ch Year. Mean ill

Number. Teacher. Scholars on I the Rolls. State. Parents, &c., Population. Average In Fees. Attendance.

--~~·--

£ £ £ £ s, d, £ s. d. Victoria ... . .. 1:1.3,563 1.9 53'52 I92.56s 53I,879 3,7705 535,649 0 IO 6 4 6 8

New South Wales ... Io6,4o8 1.8 50'87 x84,o6o 505rOZ6 63,896 56&,922 0 II z 5 6 11

Queensland 49,4I8 34 77'57 * 141,169 141,169 0 7 II 1. 17 :1. ... ... ... South Australia ... :~.8,430 z6 56'64 45,073 93,371 1.3,373 u6,744 0 7 5 4 :1. :7.

i

Western Australia ... 3.53 2 1.4 73'78 .. I 9,:1.78.1

1,505 I0,783 0 5 2 3 I I

.1--:---------------Total ... 3II135I :1.9 55'73 • 1,280,723 92.544 I,37J,267 0 IO 0 4 8 ...

Tasmania ... 8,I8z 1.0 49'5I .. 7.:1.,2.93 8,4!2. 30,705 0 4 5 3 15 ...

I New Zealand ... ... 8 ),637 30 57'35 II2,0IJ 362,1.91 7 876' 363,I67 0 11. :7. 4 4

---------- ----Grand Total 405,I70 Z9 55'92 .. 1,665,307 to1,832 1,767,139 0 10 1. 4 7 ...

NoT~.-The .State system of education Is compulsory and nn<lenominutional (or seeulnr) In nU the colonies, and Western Australia is now the only colony which grants assistance to denominational {llrivate) schools. Public instruction is free in Victoria, Queensland, and :New Zealand; but fees are cbnrged In the other colonies, although they arc partially or entirely remitted in cases where the parents are unable to pay them. The prescribed school age differs In the various colonies-In VIctoria it Is from 6 to 15 years, In New South Wales from 6 to 14, In Quetmsland from 6 to a, In .South Australia from 7 to 13, In T!lllmanla l'rom 7 to 14, Bnu in New ZCa!!!Jld from 7 to 13 years. For a complete account of the educational aystems of the verious colonies, see Victorian Year·Book 188o-8r, pp. 431 to 459·

• Where asterisks occur, the flgures have not been furnished or are incomplete, 1 These flgures have been estimated In the otllee of the Govennnent Statlst, Melbourne. ' Including 16 assisted schools. 'Figures for 1886, those for 1887 not having been furnished. • Exclusive of expenditure towards capital cost of buildings, &c. In Victoria, the cost of Instruction is considered to be merely the upendltnre

Immediately connected with the in•truction of scbolo.rs, such as tenchers' salnries, &c. But 11 the expen<llture on the Head Otllce atatf, on Inspection, on the maintenance and rent of buildings:, and retiring allowances, &c., to teachers, were also ;ncluded, the amount in 1887 would~:a:ceeU £6z.8,wo~ U Is not certain what principle has been adopted In the other colonies.

• For extra subjects only. •.Approximate figures only. ' Including £~9,6l.7 from Education Reserves.

3

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1105 AUSTRAI.ASIAN STATISTICS, 1887. 17

TABLE XV.-AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1887-8.-LAND IN CULTIVATION.

*•* The Agricultural Stntistics in m.ost of the colonies nre- collected In lho months of Fcbrunry or :\farch of ea.clt year. The present returns are for

tlwsc months of tSSS. In calculating the rates of t!ltage per head, the population on the 31st December, 1887, ltaa been taken.

Number of Acres untler 'l'i.Hagc. Number of Aeresunder-

Victoria

Total.

... 12,576,405 I

New South Wales r,o4&,3o5

Queensland .•. I 205,737

South Australia 9 :2,793,037

W cstern Australia

Per Head: of Povu- ' 'Wheat. lntiou.

Oats, Barley. Maize. Hay. Vines. Gt-een Otber ]'orage,• T!Uagc.•

,---·-;---- --- ---------

2'49 1,2]2,9431

199,0361' 40,983 6,031 27,761 I 48,263 441,812 ll,195 164,457 I I .

1"oi 389,390, 19,393; 4,402 171,662 1 1,2g1l 20,915 17o,p4l 6,745 212,711 51,462'

8,2481 550j 1,165 73 11391 515 611

8,717: 25,7341

1,658 10,056 75,9551

1,9so,ooo'l 7,2641 15,697 ... I 4,601 5,666 I 308,429 4.590 33,296 463,494 8·So

2 '49 29,491 r,689, 5.935 164 I 1,270i 4741 25,807 67Z 8;61 39,234

--~--1----~-1-J--1------

"'"m.::"' I 457.416 \l " [ l•' :::I •:: :::: 6

::::: •;•,

996 1

::::::

84

,

035

:~:~:, ~·"'i ::::::: '::,~~::. New Zealand ir,440,o55 . 2·39 357,359: 336,474 27,912 67,425' 10

j 421,719 11 r86,97o12

G <Md Toto!", ls,6,;,;671-:::- ~oo7,9'9i •;6,7•8: 54,no' u;,767 : '·'''•'93 "''"' '•" 9,004j:s ,,,, . i

NoTE.-Lan•l in fallow is iuclude(l in the total .area under till;~gc in all the colonic.~. except New South ""\Vales; but hmd under permanent nrUficlal grasses is uot iucltuled in Queensland, Western Australia, nnd New Zealand. ~ee also ~otr-s :2., 3, and II9

1 Including beans and pease, cxccr•t in the case of Xcw South lYnlcs.

:~ In atl,litlon to crops sown for the purpose of Ucing cut green for cattle, this cohnnu coutnins the following areas lui1l down in permanent nrtitlciul grass in the cololli{)S named:-Victoria, J)&,o47 ncrcs; :Xew Snuth WRle~, 192.,678 acres; South An!:'trnlia. 1.3,1.17 ncrcs; \:Yesteru Australia, only a small a.rca ret umcd ; 'l'asmnnia, 184.65 3 acr~. In Queensland, wltcrc it f.s not so included, the area returned ia 13,619 a.eres. .For extent of such Jaud in New Zca.la.ud, sec Note u.

~ In the returns of some of the. colonic£~:, thh; column embraces hmd in fullow as well us land under crop. The following are the o.ren.s in fallow included in the rctnrns of such colonies :-Victorill, 364,480 acres~ New South \Vales, not returnf'd ; Queenslaml, 16,892. acres; South Australiu, 45o,S)6 acres; \Vcstcrn Australia, 39,4:1.0 acres; To.smanlo., :u,oo::. acres; Xew Zealand, 154,1.66 acres.

"'Including 788 acres under tm·nlps, carrots, parsnips, calitmgP.:, and Ueet, which produced 8,774 tons; I,191 acres under mangel wurzel, which produced w,sgo tons; 1.,437 acres 11mier onions, -which protluccd u ,774 tons; 1,9li6 acres under tolmcco, which produced II,8S3 cwt.; :l49 acreM under chicory, which produced 1,)75 tons i 68S tlC1"{!8 under hops, which produced 5,40S c·wt.; 4.li;8 acres under grass seeds, which produced about 6,177 bushe-ls; &c.

a Including 1.~371 ncres under tobacco, which 11rotlncel1 1.3 1465 cwt.; 15,1.87 acres (of which t.,t68 acres were unproductive) under sugar .. cane, whicli proUuced 1.73~91.8 cwt. of sugar; 8,875 u.crcs under omng:e trees, which produced 8,704)677 tlozen oranges; and 1o,677 acres untler gartlens and orcharUs.

s Rice.

" Including 51 t815 ncrcs under sugar~ranc, of which tlmt grown on ;6,8o6 acres ·was crushed, nml yielded 6o,8o6 tons ot sugur; 174 acres under urrowroot, whicll produced 2.16,r84 Ihs.; 991 acres under orange trees, which Jtroducctl 772.,380 dozen oranges; 2,048 ncres under bnnnnns, which producell 6,1.68,6Sl. dozen; 567 ne res under pineapples, whleh produced 1.o8,&j.j. dozen; 11.8 a.cn•s under tohacco, which prod need 42.4 cwt.

6 So Agricultural Statistics having been collected in South Au~tralia in chhcr of the last three years, the figures for tSS4-S, except in rcgnrd to wheat, which hnve been e..'l:timntcd, ha.ve been again repl'a.ted for tbut (~olony ~

9 Includlng 1,985 acres under turnips, which pro:iuccd 7,3SI tons; 8r6 acres under mn.ngcl ,,~urzcl, which yielded s,S.j.z tons; nnd 8186) tl.Cres In gartlcus ami orchards~ 1'1lc remainder consisted of fenced and cleared laud, not Btrtctly under tilh.tgc, devoted to pastoral purposes~

10 No account takcu. u Iu the figures for New Zealand, the land uuUcr permanent artificial grass, nmountiug to s,86<),634 ncrcs-of which about onc~hal1 had been,

nnd the other half bnU not hcen, previously ploughcd-iii llOt entercU as green foruge, nor is it included in the total area under tillage. as in the nntj<1rity of the other colonies. lVerc the whole so placc~l, it would l;ring tllc lmu1untlcr tillage up to 71309)684) acres, or to a·n ucres per head o.f the population.

~~ Including 4,'%.0'1. acres under m•mgolds, beet) carrots, parsnips, &e.;_ 519 acres under lwps i 19 aercs under tobn.cco i a.ntl ::.4,917 acres under gartlcns and ordtunls, mul ;;o::.7 under other crops.

No. 108.

18 AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1887.

TABLE XVI.-AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1887·-8.-PRODUCE OF CROPS.

I nushcls raised of- Tons raised of- Gallons

Name of Colony. ··' of I

I I Other '\Vine made.

Wheat. Oats. Barl<:y. 'lfaize. Cercn1s.1 Potatoes. Hay.

----- -----Victoria ... . .. IJ,J28,765 I 4,)62,)30 9 56,476 Jt8,551 746,g6o : rg8,225 624,122 1,167,874 New Sonth Wales ... 4,6g5,849 i 394.762 84,533 4·953,125 24,036 6t,455 2J0,597 I 666,382 Queensland I82,J08 i 13.343 31,493 I 0631 18go 18,8 56 J0,679 51,896

I II8,672 ... . .. South Australia' ... I9,0121500 1 88,639 ! 2II,207 I ... 64,826 23,192 285,839 473.535 Western Austrulia •.. 1 z69,6n , 25.424 69,710 1,762 25,000 s 11130 24•' 57 124,240

Tot:tl ... ... : 37,48g,o33 ),084,698 1,353.4~9 6,go5,328 8?g,6?8 3 I4168I I 02I6,6I I 2,550,703

I 675,o6g;

I Tasmania ... ... J8S,I95 : 52,240 ... g6,I59 42,$20 so,gol ... New Zealand ... ... 9.424,059 Io,s n,r 19 760,874 223,270 277,404 138,o6o I00,$07 ...

-----~-------Grnnd Totnl ... 47,588,161 I 5,982,012 2,I66,533 7,as,s9s 1,253,14I 495,267 I 1368,oi9 2,550,703

I I I - -- ..=;:;;:::

llu•bel• per Acre of- Ton• per Acre of-

Name of Colony. I I

Wheat, Oats. Barley. :i\Ia!ze. Other Cereals. Potatoes. !'lay.

r-

I Victorht ... . .. I0'8 I 22'92 23'34 p.•Sz 26'91 4'11 I'4I New South Wales ... I2'o6 20'35 19'20 28'86 I8'62 2'94 I'3 5 Queensland ... . .. 22'10 24'26 27'03 22'3 I 36'60 3.52 z·o2 South Australia' ... 9'75 • " * . .. '* * " \Y estern Australia ... 9'I4 I $'0) 11'75 10'74 ... 2'38 '94

Total ... ... I0'38 22'31 rg·85 27'51 24'82 3'74

i I·zs

I

Tasmania ' ... I6'67 18·2o IJ·87 12'74 I

2'59 1'14 . .. ... I New Ze;~land ... ... 26'37 3I'24 27'26 38'95 24'93 5'+5 I.49

1-· Grand Totu.l ... 11'87

I 27'29

i 2I'70

' 27"77 23'16 3'94 1'26

-- -- -

·~+ \Yhere a.sterlsks occur the information has not been furmshed. 1 Includb.Ig beans a.nd ~ase, except iu the case of New South Wales~ 2 No agrtcultural •tattstics baYing been collected in South Australia in either of the last two years, the figures for 1884-s-except in

re,;ru.l'd to wheat, for which an estimate has been made-1u~,ve been given for that colony. • Estimated.

TABLE XVII.-LIVE STOCK, 1887-8. ***The Live Stock Statistics are collected in October in Western Australia. :md in most of the other colonies simultaneously with the

Agricultural Statistics, in the nwnths of February :.wd ~larch.

Name ol Colony.

Victoria New South Wales Queenslnnd So nth AuRtrnlia 1 ...

Western Australia

Total

Tnsmania New Zealand 2

Grand Total

Nnme of CcloHy.

Vietnrhl New South '\Y!tles Queenslan<l South A mtralia 1 •••

\Yestem An~tralia

Total

Tasm:mh~ New Z(·aland 2

Gr:md Total

Horses.

JI ),000 390,609 305,865 170,000 41,100

1,222,574

Number of-

Cattle,

I,3JJ,873 I,57S.487 4.473.716

440,000 93.544

7,9I6,62o

I47,092 89),461

8,g)g,I 73

Per ~~1uaro ~Ill c.

I 5·I8 5·Io 6'70

.49 ·o9

2'69

5'58 8'59

2 '9I

Per 100 Pt.·r~<ons LiviHg.

282

IOJ 14-8

252

I0,62J,g8 5 46,96 5,1 sz 121g26,1 58 7,254,000 I,9o9,94o

79,679,235

1,547,242 I6,677,++5

97.903,922

Jler ,5:quarc ~lile.

I 2 I

I 52 19 8 2

27

Per 100 Perli!(ms Liviug.

1,025 4,504 3·523 2,285 4-+95

2,840

Pigs.

243.46I 264,111

7J,663 I 79,000 23,627

783,862

52,408 369,992

I,2o6,262

Jlcr Square

.M He.

2'77 ·ss 'II '20 '02

Per 100 Pcrl4ous Llv!Hg.

24 25 20 s6 )6

--------'27 28

Total.

I2,)I6,JI9 49, I95,359 I7,779.402 8,04J,ooo z,o68,21 I

·----

8916o2,29I

I,776,270 I811J0,280

I09,508,84I

l'cr S(1Uarc

.Mile.

142 I 59

27 9 :l.

JO

67 IJ>I-

37

Per 100 Persons Living.

1,2o8 4,717 ... 846 2,534 lj.,¥68

1 No statistics of live stock ha.\ing been collected in South Au&tralia duriug the last three years~ but the figures for 1887 .. -8 have been estimated. 11 'rhe fi:,rures for New Zealand a.rliJ those returned at the Census o£ )larch 1886. Thcy include 42.~103 cattle, II2.,8)a sheep, and 91-.C91 pigs

belonging to fhc Maoris:.

AUSTRALASIA1\ RTATISTICS, 1887. ID

TABLE XVIII.-WOOL PRODUCE, 1887.

W~l ~tauulactm"ed i Wool Production 1887 ----~--

Proportion' m the Colony. ~~- --~-------'-- •

y 1

~~~•tity.' _I --~alue. Name of Colony.

: Exp~;ts of A ;erago Wool ExJ?Ort

Victoria ..

New South Wales ..

Queensland

South Australia ..

We•tern Australia

Total

Tasmania.

New Zealand

Grand Tots!

'

I '9·9~~,.!81 I

~~e I! Average!-Quantity. ••· 4d.l: t~ each

: per lh. i Total. ~heep Totul. I m the :

•' Colat>y.; ---- --·--···· £ lbl<.

s,o73,491 1,51J9,•66 £ [i lbs. i lbs. £

105,951 :I 48,.10,119 : 4'56 1,40<'.515

S8c,coo2 38,666 , u6,65o,n91! 4 ·6 I 8,9•5.5 16

.. I' 47,48•,9•6 3'67 .,368,711

7.3B 141,198,6)1 S'81 : I,J1J,879 no,oco2i I

3 ·se

A\·erage per Head

£ .... d. 1 7 I

8 '4

6 13 '

4 4 6

0 I

---,-------1------4SS,990.S67 i 19.0l1,8H, 1,179,166

I , 9.74c0,130' 415,41$ i

;,;11,074

)61,417.519 :

9,846,830 I

11

0 5

to Total Price General per lh. Exports.

per cent. 44 '7"

49'74

36'70

38'11

4S'CI

11

10

: 90,776,881 !' S'87 3,453,178 5 15 10 !-----· ---1--1--~------------l-----

u,u9.H1 f(i1,0)1,1JO 4'79 19,118,115 5 10 J 4S'oo - i ------------

1 These figures are wade up of the snm of the total qut~.utities expol'te<l froln a.ml used for manufl\cture8 in, ltss the· quantities impoltcc1 hy, the respeetive colonies. The wool referred to if!l1 of conn:e, uot homogeneous iu quality, some being greasy n.ud some washed and scoured. The Govet·mnrnt Sta.tist.icia.u of New ::;outh Wales ha~ e:,tim:.tted that the equiva.leut weight in grea!:!y wool of the whole {'lip for that colony was 156,o71,430 lhs.

2 Estimated.

Name of Colony,

Victori:t New South Wales (~ueensland South A ustralht 2

vV est em A ustmlia

Total ...

'rasn1aniil. New Zealand

Grand Total

TABLE XIX.-GOLD PRODUCE. --------------- ------------------~----

oz. $4.393,181. 9.737,805 5,181,ZI9

199,1.76

1,7z6,r 79 43,231,467

Gol<l raised-

During 1887.

Qunntlty.

07.*

617,751 108,101 425,923

36,569 4,873

'l'otn.l.

220,04-3.732 36,470,310 19,624-,997

92),2.51 I 9,4-92

32J,Ot1 106I

NoT>:.--The ll!l"ures for Vietoria, New South Wales, and queensland express the quantity and value of 1111 the gold known to have been raised in thost;J eo1ouies since the period of its firdt discovery 111 Australia in 1851 ; those for South Am;tralia are estimated partly from the returns of tbe :Melbourne and Svdne\' Mints, and purtJy from the export returns; tho8e for New Zealand express the total exports of gold ft·om the earliest period; aud those fOr 'ra.Smania. expt·ess the quantity known to ha\·e be€:n raised since r866, therP being no record of the gold taiserl prior to that period. There arc no reliable returns of the goJd rtt.ised in )Vestern Australia, atthongh a eonsiderahle quantity ha.s been obtained on the Kimberley gold-fields of that colony; the quantities set down above is all that has passed through the Customs.

1 Iu Victoria the averao·e value ot the go1d raised is £4 per oz., and in Queensland £3 ws. per oz. The purity, and <'Onsequently the value, varies e-Ousidttrahty in different districts. Standard gold (i.e .. %.2. earatH fine) is worth £3 17s. Io¥f., and pnre gold A::4 4s. n!d. per oz.

2 Including Northern Territory.

Colony.

Victoria New South Wales Queensland ... l:lonth Australia Western Australia

Total

Tasmania New Zealand

Grand Total

TABLE XX.-SAVINGS BANKS, 1887. (Including both General and Post Office Savings Httnks.)

Ou the 31st DecellJ!Jer. -~ ------~ --~-- ------ Rates of Intere•t

allowed

Total.

215,662 u8,875 39.780 ;6,68 5

2,871

Per 1 oo ol the )Jopula.tiou.

20'8I Il'40 10'84 !8. 14 6•76

15.4-9

Total.

£ 3.930,)4-0 3,67 5,893 114-26,o18 11 581,100

31,373

Average to each Depositor.

to Depositors.

---- -------£ .•. d, 18 4- 6 30 !8 5 35 16 Il 27 10 10

24

per cent, 4-

4- to 5 51 5 3!:

3i to 5

5 4! to 5

3i to 5 -~------------------~'------------'--------------'--··------- ~-------~

' This rate is allowed on deposits up t" £wo; a.hove tha~ amount, 4 per cent.

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20 AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1887.

APPENDIX.

STATISTICS OF FIJI, 1878 ',1.'0 1887. *** Fiji consist~ of from 70 to So inlmbitotl islands, the estimated m·ea of which is 7,740 square

miles. There are also about 150 smaller islands uninlmbitod. The total area of the group is said to be 8,034 square miles.

I878

I879

188o

I88I

I882

I883

I884

18s 5 ·1886

1887

Year.

Year.

i

Estima.t.ed Population on the 31st December.

Jllalcs.

64,748

67,697

67,598

7I,323

72,376

7I,540

7I 10I I

69,86o

68,727

66,I44

52,350

52,962

)4,286

57,188

57.703

58,354

57.512

57419

57,283

58·514

Total.

I I7,098

!20,659

141,884

I:>.8 1 $I I

I 301079

129,894

u8,523

127,279

u6,oiO

124,658

Emigrants (Polynesians only},

Blrths.l

4,I03

4,321

4·552

4,649

4,540

4,319

4,253

Deaths. I

2,Z44

3.532

4.J2.6

4,41 I

4.933

5,3Io

s,5 9z

5.775

Public Revenue.

Marriages. I

419

I,356

1, 358

I,os6

I 128o

1,097

978

11133

I,I 55 I 1I67

Not ExpcntU .. Mialcs. Females. Total. Uaised by ralse•ll>y Total. ture.

i

Immigrants ( Polynesiana nud Coolies only),

~Iale>.

I 1J46

2 1098

z,5oo

1,100

2,561

2,013

:>. 1:>.92

1,422

Puhlie llcbt.

! ; Females.

174

z88

Yolue of Imports,

Total.

1,520

2,]86

2,534

11 158

J,072

:>.,559

],27:>.

2,158

1,273

276

Ynlue of r;xporfti!~

Public !

i 'l'axation. 'l'axn.tion.

--------------·----1------------l------l------!------!------l------:------l------l------

I878

1879

188o

I88I

!882.

!883

1884

I885

!886

1887 ... 1 ...

6J8

313

I70

86o

I,o66

1,251

693

I,68I

71

32

I8

Z4

73

94 6o

265

709

345 !88

884

I,IJ9

I,345

753

1,946

z,II3

1,634

Shipping,

£ p,697

46,260

46,544

49,6o6

59.5I8

74,805

68,16:>.

62,98 5 51,882

41,6I6

34,134

37,837

$1,796

3:>.1oo9

23,361

I],684

u,691.

23,300

£ 6!,0:>.1

67,771

8o,678

87,443

111,314

Io6,8I4

9I,523

76,669

64,574

I 64,9I6 •

£ 65,:>.67

7I,1 o8

91,102

8g,g6o

1og,g86

88,:>.77

98,468

92,209

78,133

i3>150

£ Ioo,ooo

120,000

210,000

254,0:>.5

254,025

2$4,025

254,025

264,025

264,695

265,389

£ q6,6o8

142,2IJ

185,741

276,040

30313:>.9

450,595

434.522

294>58 5 230,742

188,071

Li"l'c Stock,'

£ 19z,865

169,040

:>.29,528

174,146

I90,517

35I,gg8

345.344

J26,750

283.+96

281,o8o

Year. ------------------~-·······--------------- Cr~~~n~~dsi------~--··----------························---------·--

I878

1879

188o

1881

1882

1883

!884

!885

1886

!887

••• I

Inwardl!, Outwards. nnd Sold In eaclt Year.~

Vessels. Tons.

23,18o I 28,967

J2,933

35.54:>.

43.768

68,530

63,246

54,os6

54,132

46,90:>.

Vessels.

128

us ISO

16o

I65

193

144

I35

II3

u8

~'ons.

:>.41o8o

z8,o8 5 32,68g

35,230

43.757 6g,3Z2

64,731

55,892

51,237

44,865

acres. 39.476

2 3.559 27,562

75,6:>.7

65,745

31,665

38,325

26,368

141028

8,120

Horsi's~

200

Number of-

Cattle.

3,ooo

4,ooo

5,000

5,000

5~000

Sheep.

3,Ioo

3,771

4.769

4,769

5·373

5,s69 6,350

6,o55

6,778 I 6,so8

so,ooo

so,ooo

50,000

50,000

so,ooo

so,ooo

so,ooo

so,ooo

so,ooo

I, 7 I I 4

NOTF;.~Tlu; followij1g i\dditiona1 information has been SUJiplied for the yenr 1887 :-Immigration---::-Unassisted (not included ahove) 668 and S11 in x887. Sources of Revenue-Custom» duties, .£14,688; other taxes, £16,928; Crown lands, £;29; other sources, £:1:1.,77I. Jlead.~

ndilu1'c-Interest on public debt, £8,42.3; other expenditure, £6.!.7•7· Public !Jfbt--Of the public debt only £150,000 bears lntct·est. and Bxporls····Of the total value of Imports, £.t53,S43 was from the Austr:;L1asiau Colonies, £U,OOJ from the "United Kingdom, and £r;,5:t5

.her cowntr·ies; and of the total value of Exports, £:t63.S44 \<aS to Australashm Colonies, and £I7,SJ6 to other countries; 96 per cent. of the exports were of. !l'ijian pt•oduction. Post O£fi..-es-Numhcr of offices, 3); letters, 174,847; uow8papers, 177,4ro; revenue during the vcar .£:2.,590; expenditure, £:t, too. Stale Edttcation-Numher of schools, :z.; teachers, ), \'iz., :t tnalcs ami 3 females; scholars on the rolls, ::.;6, viZ:, 1 t7 males a.nd 139 females; avernge attendance, :z.n; cost. excluding buildings-contributed by State £537, by parents in fees and rates .£8r;-total, £1,370. Agrit•ulture-Land under cultivation (by whites only), 35,244 acres, of which 403 n.ores were under mu.b:e; :~.o,ooo .a.crcs under cocoanuts; u.,t;o acres undet• Hngal'-t."..ane ; and 1,174 n.ores under bananas.

1 It is bclicvccl hy the lkgistrar-Gencral of Fiji thnt the births, deaths, mulmarriages here given nre less than those wllich a<'tunlly occurred. 2 '.filw total area ullenntctl at the cntl of r887 was 399,155 acres. 'l'he nmount rea11zcd by the St~ltc to the end of 1885 was only £1.6,259, which,

however, rcprc~cnts tlte price of but a small JWO}lOrtion of the ncrc.ogc allcuutcd. ~rhc mn.jortty of the g-rn.uts issued were for lauds acquired by whites and others 1nevlously to JtlllH.:;xation, nnd these received their titles nt the nominal priee of One shilling,

·'In n.ddition to the live stock referred to in these columns, about r 1,400 angora goats were kept on the islands. • Returns from Europeans only.

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