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Appendix J
TRADE PER HEAD OF THE POPULATION IN 1897
Colony. | Mean Population. | Imports. | Exports. | Total Trade. |
£ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
Queensland | 478,440 | 11 6 11 | 19 0 1 | 30 7 0 |
New South Wales | 1,310,550 | 16 11 10 | 18 2 6 | 34 14 4 |
Victoria | 1,172,790 | 13 3 7 | 14 5 6 | 27 9 1 |
South Australia | 353,518 | 20 3 2 | 19 11 11 | 39 15 1 |
Western Australia | 155,749 | 41 4 2 | 25 5 11 | 66 10 1 |
Tasmania | 168,916 | 8 1 11 | 10 6 6 | 18 8 5 |
New Zealand (exclusive of Maoris) | 721,609 | 11 3 3 | 13 7 8 | 25 0 11 |
But the values of the exports of the Australian Colonies, more especially New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, are largely increased by the inclusion of articles the produce or manufacture of other colonies and countries.
The value of home productions or manufactures exported from each colony in 1897, and the rate per head of mean population, were as follows:—
Colony. | Home Produce exported. | Per Head of Population. |
Queensland | £8,831,450 | £18 9 2 |
New South Wales | 17,057,543 | 13 0 4 |
Victoria | 12,829,394 | 10 18 9 |
South Australia | 2,484,140 | 7 0 6 |
Western Australia | 3,218,569 | 20 13 4 |
Tasmania | 1,721,959 | 10 3 11 |
New Zealand | 9,596,267 | 13 6 0 |
The next table sets forth the amount of the trade of each of the above-named colonies with the United Kingdom in 1897:—
Colony. | Imports from the United Kingdom. | Exports to the united Kingdom. | Total Trade with the United Kingdom. |
£ | £ | £ | |
Queensland | 2,501,952 | 3,322,703 | 5,824,655 |
New South Wales | 7,557,069 | 8,728,828 | 16,285,897 |
Victoria | 6,004,798 | 9,559,249 | 15,564,047 |
South Australia | 2,057,567 | 2,182,946 | 4,240,513 |
Western Australia | 2,624,086 | 1,736,205 | 4,360,291 |
Tasmania | 397,510 | 274,497 | 672,007 |
New Zealand | 5,392,738 | 8,168,123 | 13,560,861 |