THE RICHEST NATION IN THE WORLD.
The richest nation in the world proper- i tionally is not Great Britain, not busy , little Holland, not even the United States. For the greatest individual wealth we must (says the Sydney ‘Daily Telegraph ) look to the Australian Commonwealth. Australia is rich in land fit for settlement and industry. Its national prosperity is dependent upon no single product, but embraces pastrol, agricultural, and mining industries in almost equal degree, and to these are rapidly being added manutacture. Last year the total value of the products of the States forming the Australian Commonwealth amounted to ml y £110,000,000. mineral resources ot Australia cannot even bo guessed at. in the last forty-eight years the country has produced gold to the value oi £360,000,000 and in the last twenty silver to the value of £30,000,000. Diamonds are found in one district and rubies in anothe '. There is at least one emerald mine m Mew South Wales, and opals equal to any m the world are found in Queensland, while the pearl fisheries of the north-western coast produce a considerable portion of the most valuable pearls of commerce.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 4 September 1901, Page 4
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190THE RICHEST NATION IN THE WORLD. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 4 September 1901, Page 4
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