PAPUAN MATTERS.
AN INCREASE IN THE EUROPEAN POPULATION. AFFAIRS GENERALLY PROSPEROUS, Sydney, January 2. The rainfall for the past year was above the average. for the best Ten years. H i _ , The annual, report on Papua shows that the European population is. an increase for the, year of 152. Since 1906 the leased areas, have, increased from 2089 to 364,000 acres, though in the past two or three years,.there has been a large falling-off m the quantity leased, and severalMlarge leases have been forfeited. ■ -Agricultural improvements are steadily, ■ progressing.ln gold, the output was 18,479 ounces, which is an increase oyer recent years. Mining generally ; isimproving.), i
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 17, 3 January 1912, Page 2
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106PAPUAN MATTERS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 17, 3 January 1912, Page 2
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