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 NEW ZEALAND GOLD OUTPUT 1899

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.

A statement is added giving the arrivals and departures for each of the Australasian Colonies during the year 1898. The