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ADVANCED AUSTRALIA
Appendix G
NEW ZEALAND GOLD OUTPUT 1899
| ozs. | Value. | |
| January | 33,049 | £130,207 |
| February | 21,729 | 81,984 |
| March | 36,843 | 143,821 |
| April | 33,343 | £130,509 |
| May | 25,962 | 100,161 |
| June | 41,547 | 161,924 |
Appendix H
POPULATION OF AUSTRALASIA
The Australasian Colonies as a whole contained a population on the 31st December 1898 estimated at 4,476,985 persons, with an average total annual increase of merely 1½ per cent.
Australasian Colonies.
| Colony. | Population on 31st December 1898. |
Rate of Increase during 1898. | ||||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| No. | No. | No. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | |
| New South Wales | 721,335 | 624,905 | 1,346,240 | 1·69 | 1·76 | 1·72 |
| Victoria | 593,446 | 582,0441 | 1,175,490 | —0·33 | 0·21 | —0·06 |
| Queensland | 279,670 | 218,853 | 498,523 | 3·06 | 2·59 | 2·85 |
| South Australia (including Northern Territory) | 191,745 | 176,055 | 367,800 | 1·81 | 0·77 | 1·31 |
| Western Australia | 112,054 | 56,075 | 168,129 | 1·54 | 8·75 | 3·83 |
| Tasmania | 95,632 | 81,709 | 177,341 | 4·39 | 1·99 | 3·27 |
| New Zealand (exclusive of 39,854 Maoris) | 392,124 | 351,339 | 743,463 | 1·93 | 2·03 | 1·98 |
| Australasia | 2,386,006 | 2,090,980 | 4,476,986 | 1·48 | 1·55 | 1·52 |
Emigration from United Kingdom to Australasia.
| 1893 | 11,412 |
| 1894 | 11,151 |
| 1895 | 10,809 |
| 1896 | 10,710 |
| 1897 | 12,396 |
A statement is added giving the arrivals and departures for each of the Australasian Colonies during the year 1898. The
