COLONIAL STATISTICS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 315, 10 November 1888, Page 3

COLONIAL STATISTICS.

The preliminary returns, showing \n com- ' paiative tables the statistics of the var'i-' ■ ous Australasian colonies for the year 1887, have been issued by the Government Stat--> isfc, Mi- H. H. Hayter, C.M.C 4. The estimated population of the colonies on 31st December last was, 3,551,751, of whom 1,042,919 oio in New' South Wales and 1,036,119 in \ictotfa. The latter colony ohows the largest number of deaths, marriages, and arrivals by . tea, while New South Wales shows the largest number of births. "New South Wales has 2,336 State ?choolsor 325 "moro than Victoria;but the labtnamedcolonyhas46,B'22 move pupilsen rolled during theyear, the total number being 230,882. New South Wales has " ' l he largest public revenue and expendj^, ture, and also the largest public deSt, the amount "fehc owes being £40,000,000. sterling;, ,aa against £38,000,000' forNew ' Zealand, and £33.000,000 for Vie-,,, toria.j The co'ony of Victoria leads-'ohe way in imports, £19,000,000 worth ; but New South Wales has the largest eiporD figures, equalling £18,000,000 worth. 'New South , , Wales has 2.081 miles of railway open, or 132 more than Victoria. South Australia hatjMf the largest area of land under cultivation^! over 2,750,000 acres, Victoria coming nex^^f and then IS! pw Zealand an d New Sou th W ale^H the greater pait of the iand in the tv^H colonies first named being utilised for whe^H growing. South Australia still lcad^H the way in the production of wheac^B her yield being over 19,000,000 bu'sbelsH or* nearly 6,000,000 bushels more th'ai^B Victoria. The wheat, crop of 'Australasia^ for 1887 is sot down at 47,500,000 bushels. 1 Of live' stock there are nearly 98,000,000 \ of sheep in Australasia, of which nuin- ■ ber 46,000,000 belong to New South Wales. The best marriage ,rate is shown by Queensland, 8-21 per 1,000 of the, population, and the lowest 5*97, by New Zealand. The average taxation per head for Australasia is 1 £2 16s' ( 8d, Western Australia being the highest with £4 10s 7d, and South Australia the lowest with £2 Is sd, while Victoria's figure is £2 14s 7d.

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