Rainfall, 54

Sapphire, 956
Distribution of in Australasia, 59 Sausage Skin Works, 974
Range-making Works, 980

Savings Banks, 801
Re-export Trade, 256, 271

Saw Mills, 978
Reformatories, 832

Scarlet Fever, Statistics, 190-2
Refrigerating Works, 982

Scandinavia, Trade with, 265
Registered Letters, 741

Scandinavian Vessels Trading to Aus-
Relief Works, 479

tralia, 218
Religion, 880

Scandinavians in Australasia, 166-9
Renmark, Irrigation Experiments, 390 Scheelite, 942
“ Resolution,” Voyage of Discovery, 67 Schools, Private, 869
Respiratory System, Deaths from Dis- State, 860
eases of, 188-9

Schouten, Discoveries of, 62
Revenue Accounts of the State, Position Scientific Appliance Factories, 991
of, 696

Scotland, Natives of in Australasia,
Adjusted, 695

166-8
From Customs and Excise, 285 Seamen, Wages of, 226
From Leasing and Selling Land, 690 Selection, Free, before Survey, 288, 462
Of the Commonwealth, 636

of Land, Principle of, 287
Of the States, 661

Senatorial Elections, 1903, 87
Sources of, 664

Septic Diseases, Deaths from, 188-9
Rice, Prices of, 906

Service and Execution of Process Bill,
Price of before Discovery of Gold,

80, 83
447

Settlement, Australasian, 341
Rifle Clubs, 537

Settlers, Advances to, New South
River Boards, New Zealand, 777

Wales, 396
Navigation, 460

New Zealand, 399
Road Boards, Western Australia, 763 Shaw Savill and Albion Company Mail
Trusts, Tasmania, 770

Service, 746
Rockhampton, Population of, 156 Shawls, Manufacture of, 987
Shipping, 223

Sheep Breeding, 1863-1872, 467
Temperature, 57

Introduction of Merinos, 408
Rock Salt, 953

Compared with Population, 1009
Rodney Irrigation Trust. 421

Production, Value of, 423
“Roebuck," Voyage of Discovery, 62 Statistics of, 406, 408
Roman Catholic Church, 881

Ship Building Yards, 990
Rope Works, 985

Works, Number of before the Dis.
Number of, before Discovery of

covery of Gold, 448
Gold, 448
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Shipping, at Ports, 223-4
Roseworthy Agricultura College, 395 External, 214
Rotten-stone, 955

Foreign Lines, 268-9
Royal Commission on Decline of Birth Increase in Average Tonnage, per
Rate, 179

Vessel, 221
Rubber Works, 995

Interstate, 212
Ruby, 956

Laws, Commonwealth, 80
Rugs, Manufacture of, 987

Nationality of, 218
Russia, Natives of in Australasia, 166 Of Australasia, 210

Tonnage in Ballast, 217

Wages Paid, 226
Saddlery Works, 989

Shirt Factories, 985
Sailing and Steam Vessels, 219

Shop Legislation, 492
Vessels, Registered, Number of, 225 Silver, 924
Sail-making Factories, 990

Coinage of Commonwealth, 83
Sailors, Wages of, 226

Lead Miners, Number of, 958
Salt, Prices of, 906

Mining, 1872-1893, 476
Works, 982

Sinking Funds, 701
Salts, 953

Six Hatters, The, 87
Salvation Army, 885

Slate Works, 877
San Francisco, Mail Service, 738, 745 Slips and Docks, 990

Smelting Works, 980

Sugar Consumption in Australia, 383
Soap Works, Number of, before Dis. Growing Experiments, 395
covery of Gold, 448

Pacific Islands' Labourers' Act,
Soap and Candle Works, 976

380
Social Condition, 830

Production, &c., 38)
Sole, Acclimatisation of, 1010

Industry, 983
Soap, Prices of, 906

Encouragement in Queensland,
South Africa, Frozen Meat Trade, 428

967
South African War, 538

Manufacture of 385
Demand for Horses, 418

Mills, 982
Troops Sent, 83, 538

Plantations, Coloured Labour on,
South Sea Islanders, Restriction of Im-

380
portation of, 79

Prices of, 903
(See Pacific Islanders)

Price of, before Discovery of Gold,
South Sea Islands, Trade with, 265

447
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases, Question of Establishing Export
Deaths from, 183-9

Trade, 384
Speculation, 491

Rebate Abolition Bill, 388
Boom in, 480

Refineries, 982
In Land, 443

Number of before Discovery of
Sperm Oil Trade, 1850, 449

Gold, 448
Spice Factories, 982

Wholesale Price, Variations of, 385
Spirits, Consumption of, 897

Suicide, 206
Spoke-making Works, 989

Suicides, 842
Spreckels, J. D., Company, Mail Ser- Statistics, 188-9
vice, 745

Sulphur, 943
Starch, prices, 906

Sultanas, Cultivation of, 390
State Debts, Question of Commonwealth Superannuation Fund, New Zealand
Taking Over, 657

Railways, 632
State Finance, 660

Supporters, (Breadwinners) Proportion
State Finance, Effect of Federation, 652 of to the Population, 160-1
Schools, 860

Surgical Appliance Factories, 992
Servants, Proposal to include in Surville, Captain de, Voyage of dis-
Arbitration Bill, 91

covery, 64
Steam and Sailing Vessels, 219

Swan River, Discovery of, 63
Steam Communication with Great Sweating, 493, 494, et seq.
Britain, 458

Sweden, Natives of in Australasia, 166
Vessels Registered, Number of, 225 trade with, 265
Stewart Island, Description of, 52 Swine Breeding, 438
“St. Jean Baptiste,"— Voyage of Dis- Statistics of, 406
covery of, 64

Value of Return from, 433
Stock Carrying Capacity of Australasia, Switzerland, Natives of in Australasia,
420

166
Stock Raising (See Pastoral Industry). Sydney, 460, 463, 472, 480, 486, 487
Stokes, Discovery of Victoria River, 33 Climate of, 55
Stove Works, 980

Harbour Trust, 292, 774
Straits Settlements, Shipping Trade of Municipal Government of, 757
Australia with, 215

Population of, 155, 156
Trade with, 263

1011

773 et seq.

Tariff Bill, 85

Trade with Foreign countries, 265
Tarpaulin Factories, 985

United Kingdom, 260
Tasman, Abel Janszoon, Voyage of Trades Unions Legislation, 492
Discovery, 61

Tramway Workshops, 980
Tasmanian Gold Mining Company, 475 Tramways, 633
Taxation, direct, 665, 666

Trans-continental Railway, so, 91, 92,
indirect, 665

564
Tea, prices of, 903

Transhipments, 225
Price of before Discovery of Gold, Treasury Bills, 699, 715
447

late issues of, 717
Technical Education, 874

Tripoli, 955
Telegraph Rates, 750

Trout, Acclimatisation of, 1010
Telegraphs, 746

Trust Funds, 699
Telephones, 754

Trusts, Local in the Various States,
Tellurium, 941
Temperature of Australasia, 54

Turbot, Acclimatisation of 1010
Tent Factories, 985

Turnips, Production of, in New Zealand,
Testu, Guillaume le, 60

393
Textile Fabrics, 985

Turquoise, 957
Tie Factories, 985

Tweed Factories, 987
Tile Works, 977

Typhoid Fever, Death rate, 198
Timber Industry, 1009
Tin Miners, Number of, 958
Mining, 933

Umbrella Factories, 995
1872--1893, 476

Underclothing Factories, 985
Tinsmithing Works, 980

Unemployed, The, 1017
Titanium, 942

Unimproved value, rating on 758, 765,
Tobacco, Consumption of, 893

771
Factories, 982, 985

University Education, 872
Number of before Discovery of Unmarried proportion of population, 163
Gold, 448

Upholstering Works, 991
Tobacco Growing, Area, and Production Urinary System, deaths from diseases
of, &c., 387

of, 188-9
Prices of, 906

Production, 1903, 346
Topaz, 956

Van Diemen's Land, Discovery of, 62
Tourmaline, 957

Van Edels, Voyage of Discovery, 61
Town Boards, Tasmania, 770

Varnish Works, 991
Townsville, Population of, 156

Vegetables, Production, &c., of, 392
Shipping Returns, 223

Venereal Diseases, deaths from, 188-9
Temperature, 57

Vessels, Registration of, 225
Toy Factories, 995

Village Settlements in New Zealand, 339
Trade, Comparison of Australasian with In South Australia, 323
Foreign Countries, 257

In Victoria, 311
Early History of, 443 et seq. Vine Growing, production, &c., 374
Exports, 243

Vinegar Factories, 982
of Domestic Produce, 277

Violence, Deaths from, 188-9, 206
Imports, 231

Volcanic Action in Australasia, 34, 35
of Free and Dutiable Goods, 283

42, 47, 48
Interstate, 271

Volunteer Land Orders, New South
of Australasia, 228

Wales, 293
of each Australian State shown Volunteers, 536
separately, 269-270

Voting. Percentage, Federal elections,
of New Zealand, 272

1903, 89-90
of Various Countries, 230
Re-exports, 256, 271
State of, immediately prior to Dis. Wages-1859-1862, 463
covery of Gold, 449

Rates, 1861 and 1871, 469
With British Possessions, 263

1872-1893, 485

Wages-1873–1892, 482

Wheat, Price of, before discovery of
1893-1902, 490

Gold, 446
Boards in Victoria, 502-6

Production, 346
Effect of Gold Discoveries on, 451

of Australasia and Foreign
In various industries before Gold

Countries compared, 346, 354
Discoveries, 445

Railway facilities, 357
In various Trades, 505 et seq.

Storage Sheds, 357
Paid in Factories, 1001

Value of Yield per Acre, 358
Victoria, before and after establish. Whip-making Works, 989

ment of Wages Boards, 505-6 White Australia Agitation, 80, 470
Wales, Natives of in Australasia, 166 White Labour in Sugar Growing. (See
Watchmaking Works, 992

Sugar Bonus Bill)
Water Boards, Western Australia, 768 Whooping-cough, Epidemic, 185
Conservation, 400

Statistics, 190, 193
Illustration of importance of, 421 Widows or Widowers, Proportion of
Frontages, Sale of in New South population, 163
Wales, 292

Wilberforce Labour Settlement, 298
Waterproof Factories, 985

Window Blind Factories, 991
Water Supply and Sewerage, Country Wine, Consumption of, 898

Towns, New South Wales, 774 Making, 375
Water and Sewerage Board, Sydney, Production, 377
774

Wire Works, 980
Water Supply Boards, New Zealand, 777 Wolfram, 942
Water Trusts, Tasmania, 776

Women Voting, Percentage, 90
Water Works, Queensland, 776

Wood Turning Works, 978
Trusts, Victoria, 775

Wood Working Factories, 978
Wollongong Harbour Trust, 774 Wool, European Importations, 423
Wattle Cultivation in Victoria, 311

Exports, 255
Wax, Mineral, 953

Imports, 242
Wax, Production of, 439

Excess of Exports over Imports, 425
Wellington, New Zealand, Population Greasy, Production of, 424
of, 155, 156

Output and Value, 406
Rainfall, 59

Price of, 425
Shipping, 223-4

Scouring Works, 974
Wesleyan Church, 883

Trade, 278
Whaling Industry, 448, 455

1850, 419
Wheat, Average Yield per Acre, 355 Value of Production, 423
Consumption per Head, 359

Weight per Sheep, 424
Cost of Raising, 356

Woollen Mills, 985
Elevators, 357

Number of, before Discovery of
Exports, 244

Gold, 448
Imports, 232

Workers, Grades of, 1015
Fall in Prices, 358

Workshops, Legislation, 492
Ground for Flour, quantity, 984
Growing, Darling Downs district, 29 “ Zeehan," Voyage of Discovery, 61
Effect of Manuring, 356

Zinc Ores, 942
Increase in, 352

Zircon, 956
Stimulated by discovery of Gold, Zoogenous Diseases, Deaths from, 188–9
447

Zymotic Diseases, Deaths from, 188-9

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