INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIA. 3Y Cl mm—Pßress ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Aug. 4, 10.40 a.m. SYDNEY, Aug. 4. According to a report by the Government statistician, the total value of the production of all recorded industries in Australia during 1923 amounted to £382,208,000, or an average of £67 17s per head of the population. ’Hie number of persons engaged in 19,173 manufacturing establishments was 412.410, and the salaries and wages amounted to £71,133,152. JThe area under crop totalled 16,543,555 acres, the value of the products being £84,182,501. The Australian nett national debt at June 30 last, according to Dr. Earle Page’s Budgetamounted to £335,123,811, and war debt to the extent of £9,041,670 was redeemed out of revenue and sinking fund during the year—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 August 1924, Page 9
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