AUSTRALIAN STATISTICS.
INTERESTING COMPARISONS. By Teleeranh—Press Association-Ooiiyrtebt (Rec. May 8, 9.20 p.m.) Melbourne, May 8. Tho Commonwealth Year Book, compiled by the Federal Statistician, Mr. G, H. Knibbs, gives some interesting figures, as under. [The latest New Zealand statistics arc inserted for comiparison] :— Australia. N.Z. Number of males to 100 females 111.4G ' 112.8 Number of persons to a square mile 1.5 > 8.541 Natural increase (excess of births over deaths) 15.31 18.07 Birthrate 26.4 27.29 Marriage rate 7.82 8.33 Death rate 10.2 9.22 Australian trade with tho United Kingdom is valued at .€39,917,000. The Government expenditure is given as £1 14s. 3d. per head, and the aggregate loan expenditure ■-.£250,000,000,'. •-of. which i;152,000,(IOO has been, spent on railways. < "■■• • As received from the Press Association, the' message gave the proportion of males to females iir Australia as 311.56 males to every 100 females. Wo have taken tho liberty'of altering tins figure'as above.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1122, 9 May 1911, Page 5
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