THE RICHEST NATION IN THE WORLD.
Thu richest nation mi llie vv rl,i proportional ly i-> t' n i- (‘is..l i* it.iM. not busy little Holland, ror even the United States. For the greatest average itidividual wealth we nm-t (says the Sydney Daily lelegiaph) look to the Australian Commonwea th Australia is rich in land lit tor settx ment and industry. Its national prosperity is dependent up 'it no single product, but embraces pastoral, agricultural, and mining industries in almost equal degree, and to these are rapidly being ackiett manufacture. L-st year the total v.due of products of the States forming the Australian Commonwealth amour.ted to full £1 10,000,000. The mineral resources of Austialia cannot even be guessed at. In the last 4S years the country has produced goid to tlx* \idtt * of £360,000,000 ; in the last 20, stiver to tlx* value of £30,000.000. diamonds are, found in one district, rubies in another. There is at least one emerald mine in New South W ales and opals equal to any in the world ate found in Queensland, while the pearl fisheries of the north-western coast produce a considerable portion of the most valuable pearls of commerce.
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Lake County Press, Issue 979, 12 September 1901, Page 3
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