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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 204, 29 August 1910, Page 6

t "If you. want to see the Chinaman it ■ his glory, go to Singapore," said Golone - Vcrnon, who has just come back tc . Melbourne from the East. "They an r rich men there. They drive about in ths 3 best of motors and dog-carts. All th< 1 inferior officers in the banks, and ii ' many of the other general institutions - I beiieve, are Chinese. They're so trust - worthy. I'eople in Sydney don't know ? what a Chinaman is. They never set - any here, except a merchant or two : The real Chinaman is far superior to the 3 ; ordinary coolie you see in Australia." , i Victoria's drink Ibill 4»r 1900 w-a; • ' £4,005,571. The estimated mean popu . lation was 1,283,900, and the averagi : : amount spent per head was £3 2s 4d , j Compared with I'JOS there was a do ■ crease ot £91,239 spent in this direction I and the per capita amount was decrease;, by 2s od. The amount spent per heai a last year was the lowest during the his 1 tory of the fc-tatc. The highest was h . 1553, when it reached £27 19s 7d poi j^cagitfc