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 Conclusions ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 21 r There are great newspapers, a Chamber of Commerce, and a Chamber of Manufactures, Colleges, a University, a Museum, a School of Mines and Industries, a School of Design, an Art Gallery, and a Free Public Library. Great philanthropic institutions exist in hospitals and asylums for old and young, for the insane, the sick, and the poor. There are a theatre, music-halls, gymnasiums, and beautiful athletic grounds for outdoor pleasures. On the hills and at the seaside are many charming holiday resorts. On every side are large suburbs, all joined by a network of tram or railway lines. Most of these are connected with the water supply and the drainage system. Each has Botanic Park its churches, business houses, and pleasure grounds. As with most capital cities, the population of the suburbs — the whole outside metropolitan area — is larger than that of the city itself. The population of Adelaide and its vicinity must be nearly 170,000 persons. Habitations extend over an area of many square miles. Among the principal centres in the group are Kent Town, Hackney, College Town, Stepney, St. Peters, Norwood, Kensington, Marryatville, Payneham, Burnside, Magill, Maylands, Prospect, Nailsworth, Enfield, Walkerville, Medindie, Gilberton, Hindmarsh, Thebarton, Bowden, Brompton, Woodville, Glanville, Kilkenny, Croydon, Alberton, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Largs Bay, 02