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THE BRITISH EMPIRE :— -QUEENSLAND
As to occupation the population in 1901 was classified as follows : — Pro- fessional class, 13,741 ; domestics, 25,210; commercial, 26,506; industrial, 51,716 ; transport and coniiiiunication, 18,188 ; agricultural, pastoral, mining, &c., 84,698; indefinite, 1,935; dependent class (wives, children, scholars, students, dependent relatives, &c. ), 281,272.
Of the total population, 1911, 382,216 persons (exclusive of aborigines) were born in the State ; 65,266 in England ; 31,599 in Ireland ; 20,530 in Scotland; 2,620 in Wales; 38,921 in N. S. Wales; 15,943 in Victoria; 3,348 in S. Australia; 482 in W. Australia; 1,798 in Tasmania; 3,987 other Australians, including 'Australia' undefined ; 2,576 in New Zealand ; 11,979 in Germany ; 2,641 in Denmark ; 1,054 in Sweden ; 685 in Norway.
The following table shows the births, deaths, and marriages* for five years : —
Years
Total Births ' Illegitiinate Deatlis
1
Marriages
Excess of Births
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
14,542 ! 1,063 5,599 14,828 i 1,104 5,680 15,554 i 1,088 5,530 16,173 1,031 5,745 16,991 1 1,088 6,544
4,105
4,009 4,542 4,769 5,169
8,943
9,148 10,024 10,428 10,447
The immigration and emigration, including arrivals and departures bj' sea and by rail across the border, have been as follows : —
Years
Immigration
Emigration
Total
Chinese 482
Pacific Islanders
350
Total
Chinese
Pacific Islanders
1907 1908 1909 1910 1911
61,927 70,804 79,540 86,264 109,720
57,504 67,528 69,441 76,058 97,560
784
3,278
Brisbane, the capital, had in 1911 a population within a ten-mile radius of 143,514. Other towns including their suburbs contained : Rockhampton, 20,915 ; Townsville, 13,835 ; Maryborough, 11,626 ; Gympie, 12,419 ; Ipswich, 25,000 ; Toowoomba, 24,200 ; Charters Towers, 17,298.
Religion.
There is no State Church. Previous to 1861 valuable grants of land had been made to the principal religious denominations, which they still retain. The following were the numbers in 1911 : — Church of England, 212,702; Church of Rome, 137,086; Presbyterian, 75,560; Methodist, 59,920; Lutheran, 24,235 ; Baptist, 13,715 ; other Christian sects, 90,556 ; Jews, 672 ; other Non Christians, 5,518 ; no religion, 1,906 ; unspecified, &c., 21,893.
