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ADVANCED AUSTRALIA

Appendix G

NEW ZEALAND GOLD OUTPUT 1899

ozs. Value.
January 33,049 £130,207
February 21,729  81,984
March 36,843  143,821
April 33,343 £130,509
May 25,962  100,161
June 41,547  161,924


Appendix H

POPULATION OF AUSTRALASIA

The Australasian Colonies as a whole contained a population on the 31st December 1898 estimated at 4,476,985 persons, with an average total annual increase of merely 1½ per cent.

Australasian Colonies.

Colony. Population
on 31st December 1898.
Rate of Increase during 1898.
Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total.
No. No. No. per cent. per cent. per cent.
New South Wales 721,335 624,905 1,346,240 1·69 1·76 1·72
Victoria 593,446 582,0441 1,175,490 —0·33 0·21 —0·06
Queensland 279,670 218,853 498,523 3·06 2·59 2·85
South Australia (including Northern Territory)  191,745 176,055 367,800 1·81 0·77 1·31
Western Australia 112,054 56,075 168,129 1·54 8·75 3·83
Tasmania 95,632 81,709 177,341 4·39 1·99 3·27
New Zealand (exclusive of 39,854 Maoris) 392,124 351,339 743,463 1·93 2·03 1·98
Australasia 2,386,006 2,090,980 4,476,986 1·48 1·55 1·52


Emigration from United Kingdom to Australasia.

1893 11,412
1894 11,151
1895 10,809
1896 10,710
1897 12,396

A statement is added giving the arrivals and departures for each of the Australasian Colonies during the year 1898. The