THE IMPERIAL STANDPOINT.
Australasia, and other colonies tor, should ackn»udeJge that their truly remarkabledeveiopnient in population, commerce, and wealtli has been mainly Joe to the assistance accorded by the mother country. Last year, for instance, quite iY 1 .),000,000 of JJritish money was invested in Australasian securities alone, and an addition of !| per cent, to the population of those colonies was drawn from the old countiy. .Sir Henry Holland remarked at the recent Conference that the population of the colonies in 1 >AJ was 4,201.700, while in ISSI it was 2, From this he has excluded India, but has included Ceylon. In the pist la years there is no douht that the most rapid stride has been established in Australasia. In that time the population of the self-governing bodies baa increa-ed 70 per cent., while in Canada the increase has barely been 30 per cent.— Economist, May 28tli.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2350, 2 August 1887, Page 2
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148THE IMPERIAL STANDPOINT. Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2350, 2 August 1887, Page 2
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