THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1905

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1217, 7 January 1905, Page 2

THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1905

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Mil COGHLAN, th« Australian Btiil.iHtician, haw issued a phumphldl showing the progress mado by llm six States of tbe Federation and by New Zealand from 1861 to WO! 1 ), The phamphjet is'of-value to Now Zealand, as it shown that as compared with Australia th« colony has

been, leaping ahead at a swift rat* Ftirinstance, we find that in 1861 111 population was only ( JO,OOO souls, am ihat the advanco (o 822,000 last yea was double the rate of increaso ii Australia as a whole. The distribu tion of the population is givei thnsly: Victoria is the most thiclcl; populated, with 13.67 to the squan mile, aud West Australia the leas with 0,19. New Zealand occn pies second place with 7.39 ti Llie square mile, Yet the Com mon wealth lost 5,000 of it population last year, while Ncv Zealand gained 20,000, apart I'ron birth and deaths. Previousshns'ic show that while the stream of depar tures from the Commonwealth ha been steady for years, the volume o arrivals in this colony has buei eqnall;- steady. In uoint of popu. lation New South Wales still lead the way, Victoria coming seconi and i\'ew Zealand third, Queensland leads South Australia and Wes Australia. Tasmania coming lasl Hut for the ten-year period (hi, colony shows almost as great at increase in population as New Sonll Wales, indicating a rate of progres in thu immediate future beyond th probable rate 'bf increase in th> Commonwealth. The birth rate i highest in Western Australia (30.27 and lowest in South Austral! (23.21), Tasmania (28.G1), and Nev Zealand (28,61), he two latter bein| second and third on the list. Western Australia and New Zealant boast of the highest marriage rate The death rate is highest in Westeri Australia and lowest in New Zea lane!,-- which shows only 10,40 death per IOQO, while the rate for theOominonweatli is 12.10 per 10j0. In tin religions of the people itisshowi that the Church of England out. numbers in its adherants by mor than two to one the Church o Home, which is numerically second Those next in order are the Preaby. terians, Methodists, Baptists am Congregationalism.. In the matte of education it is surprising to lean that there ate no less than 105,79 persons in Australia over 20 years o age who can neither read nor write The scattered condition of the population in the back-blocks is no doul) responsible. It will lie learned will surprise also that in New Zoalani there are nine thousand who cam tinder this category. It is ii commerce, however, that great pro gress has been made by this colon; as compared with that of Aus tralia. Shipping has grown tenfoli since 1861. Imports and exports ar three tiinas as great as they were, th total trade of the colonies having risei from 52 millions sterling to 17,2 mil lions. I'lih trade of New Zealain has risen from a little under foui millions to 27 millions sterling during the 12 years. New South Wale is the only State that beats Nev Zealand in the export trade, Wes tern Australia comes first m goli production, Queensland second, am Victoria third. New Zealand i fourth on the list, though in regan to minerals as a whole New Soul! Wales is ahead of it. New Zealand ranks fourth in agricultural jroiiuclion, which is remarkahlt jonsidering the limited area compared with that of Australia, In Hitting up all these records in prog, ■ess N T ew Zealand has not neglected :o place a substantial debt on the ihouldeiv of every member of the iorannimty. While the public revenue of New Zealand is exceed;d by that of New South Wales and Victoria,it borrows more than either >f these colonies. The debt of New Zealand per head is £6B lis 3d, an ncrease since 1861 of no less than '62 2s lid per head. Queensland nd South Australia carry stiilheaver burdens per head. Tasmania is lie least heavily indebted, with 25118s Id.