THE CHINESE IN AUSTRALIA.
The Government of the colony of Victoria recently appointed a commissioner, Mr. C. P. Hodges, to inquire into the number and employment of the Chinese in Victoria. His report, presented to the Parliament, states that in 1859 the Chinese population of the colony was estimated at 46,000. Since then it has rapidly fallen, until it now numbers only 13,000. The whole number of Chinese in the Australian colonies, as nearly as can be ascertained, are as follows : — Queensland, 4,433; South Australia and Port Darwin, 2,000 ; Tasmania, 760 ;' total,. 44,207..
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 77, 5 January 1881, Page 4
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93THE CHINESE IN AUSTRALIA. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 77, 5 January 1881, Page 4
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