361,949 MEN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 143, 16 June 1917, Page 9

361,949 MEN.

AUSTRALIA'S CONTRIBUTIOX The official return ooropiled by the Defence authorities shows that from the beginning of the war to April 30, 1917, Australia has contributed to the war no fewer than 301.940 men. While all the I States have .-,rnt forward many men, the best response has been from Western Australia, where 9.10 per cent, of the entire population has enlisted. la New South Wales the percentage of recmitß is higher than is indicated by the figures supplied. This is accounted for by the fact that recruits from Broken Hill are included in the South Australian total, and Riverina is in the Victorian military district, while those from the Northern Rivers go to the Queensland military district. Of the total number of malo persons of all jnges in Australia, according to the census in 19J4, 14.18 per cent has enlisted. The contributions of the TOricraa military districts are as follows: Recruits Military Enlisted State PerDlstrlct. up to Torulatlon, cent--30 1,17. 1915. tare Queensland 51.181 6SO 4-iR 75' >'ew South Wales 139,566 1.8TP.913 74$ Victoria !>R..iSa 1.411.803 6^3 South Australia .. 30,218 443,785 081 Western Australia 29,121 315.010 916 Tasmania 13,280 201,025 6.60 In the. above table Xew South Wales is credited with the recruits enlisted in I its military district only, whilst the figures in the last column are the percentage of the whole State. Thus, Aew Smith Wales recruits help to increase the percentages of Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia. The figures for the mother State suffer correspondingly.