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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — NEW SOUTH WALES

Year

1893 1894 1895 1896 1S97

Notes in

Bills in

Circula-

Circula-

tion

tion

£

£

1,804,531

75,086

1,235,989

146,911

1,223,864

117,327

1,237,971

lll,8b9

1,227,964

112,113

Deposits

not bearing Interest

Deposits bearing In- terest

£

8,557,840

9,412,761

10,222,437

10,707,611

10,582,621

£ 23,584,119 20,380,032 20,406,822 19,128,305 19,024,114

j Balances Total due to

Deposits I other Banks

£ 32,141,959 29,792,793 30,629,259 29,835,916 29,606,785

£

80,596 87,427 66,602 69,000 79,711

Total Liabilities

£ 34,102,172 31,263,120 32,037,052 31,254,773 31,026,523

Of the Savings Bank of New South Wales, established in 1832, the Governor is president, and the management is vested in nine trustees. Besides the head office and a branch in Sydney there are 12 branches in the country districts. There are also post-office savings-banks. Statistics of both are given below : —

Year

Number of Depositors

Amount on Dec. 31

Average per Depositor

£

£ 8. d.

1893

179,727

6,535,758

36 7 4

1894

190,307

7,217,000

37 18 5

1895

202,802

8,073,574

39 16 2

1896

213,608

8,522,623

39 17 11

1897

227,629

9,136,793

40 2 10

There are also banks in connection with Land, Building, and Investment companies. The amount of deposits in these institutions in March, 1898, was 759,361Z. (exclusive of deposits in Benefit, Building, and Investment Societies amounting to 319,335/.).

Agent-General in London. — Sir Julian Salomans, Q.C.

Secretary, Samuel Yardley, C.M.G.

Under the supervision of the Governor of New South Wales are Norfolk Islakp, 29* S. latitude, 163° E. longitude, area 10 square miles, population about 750, administered since November 14, 1896, bj' a Resident Magistrate and an elective council of 12 members who, with a grand jury, deal wiih all criminal offences not capital; Pitcairn Island. 25* S., 130° W., area 3 square miles, population 120 ; Lord Howe Island, 31" 30' S., 159° E., population 55, is administered by the Government of New South "Wales.

Books of Reference.

The Wealth and Progress of New South Wales. By T. A. Coghlan, Government Statis- tician. Published annually since 1887. Sydney.

A Statistical Account of the Seven Colonies of Australasia. By T. A. Coglilan, Govern- ment statistician. Published annually. Sydney.

Historical Records of New South Wales. 4 vols. Sydney, 1896.

New South Wales Statistical Register. Published annually since 1858. Sydnej'.

Report on the Eleventh Census (1891). By T. A. Coghlan, Government Statistician,

Sydney, 1894. , „ o ^

Railways of New South Wales. Beportof Commissioners. Published annually. Sydney.

Report of Mining Depaitment. Published annually. Sydney.

Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions. Annual. London.

Chalmers (R.), A History of Currency in the British Colonies. Loudon, 1893.

Fergusi^on (D.), Vicissitudes of Bush Life in Au.stralia and New Zealand. 8. London, 1891.

Griffin (G. W.), New South Wales, Her Commerce and Resources. 8 Sydney, 1888.

Hntehinson (F.), New South Wales : the Mother Colony of the Australias. Sydney, 1896.

Lang (John Dunmore, D.D.), Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales. 4th edit. 2 vols. 8. London, 1874.

Liver»idge{A., M.A., F.R.S.), Minerals of New South Wales, Ac. London, 1888.

Lyne (C. E.), Life of Sir H. Parkes. London. 1897.

Parfce* (SirH.), Fifty Yearsin the MakingofAustralianHistory. 2vols. 8. London, 1892 — Au Emigrant's Home Letters (1838-44). New ed. London, 1897.

Iloijdhouse (T. R.), The Labour Party in New Soutli Wales. S. London, 1892.