NEW ZEALAND STATISTICS.
Tlio “Sydney Morning Herald” hns an arliclc on the New Zealand statistics, from which we quote the following passages .—“ In spite of the commercial depression through which New Zealand has for some time been passing, the latest statistics of that Colony prove that she is still making urogrcss in some of the chief elements of national greatness. In 1854, her population, exclusive of Maoris, who certainly have contributed little to her advancement, was estimated at 32,544, against 251,315 for New South Wales. At the same date Victoria had 312,307 inhabitants, South Australia 92,545, and Queensland, which was then part of New South Wales, had only about a couple of thousand white residents throughout the whole of her vast territory. In point of numbers, Victoria still holds the first place, but of late New South Wales has been fast overtaking her, and New Zealand faster still. At the present moment Australasia must contain not very far short of three millions of people of the British stock. The signs of the times are that in another decade Victoria will be surpassed by the Mother Colony, and may even be run close for second place by New Zealand. But why should any one of those vigor ous young colonies grudge prosperity to the rest ? The faster any one grows the better it will be for the others ; and when this great continent and its adjacent islands have a population of ten millions instead of three, as they soon will have, the magnitude of their mutual interests will enable them to overcome all tariff difficulties, and whatever else may stand in the way of a united Australasian dominion. The rate of increase in New Zealand for 1879 is given at 7 2 per cent upon the. number of the previous year, and that is larger by nearly one fourth than for New South Wales.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2472, 19 February 1881, Page 4
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313NEW ZEALAND STATISTICS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2472, 19 February 1881, Page 4
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