OVER SIX MILLION.
POPULATION OF AUSTRAIIA^' (BT CAELE—MESS; •.(•AUSJBALiAir ASl>' N.Z. CABLE "-A3BOCUTIOH.) ■' '.:'.■: . : -''-:," ; !.iSYDNJSY,.June 17;:.' ;, , .. Aacordiiig.to.ari ofeia'l-annoiancenient', the, population.of the Commonwealth at; March gistlast-was -6,i38£21.6, of r which : New South...Waies^had, and Victoria 1,691,486. " l ' : - Ther total increase;, for the year was. 11^618.' " „,, _'... __ Since the census in. Anril, 1921, the., population has increased by '581j476, of which 408,218 r represents the natural: increase, the total increase being a' little over. 2 .per cent., per.annum. Tasmania alone showed a decrease.Her births exceeded the deaths, but tin excess- of departures- over arrivals outnumbered the. excess'of births by 2197.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18722, 19 June 1926, Page 15
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95OVER SIX MILLION. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18722, 19 June 1926, Page 15
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