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 RELIGION — INSTRUCTION —PAUPERISM— PENSIONS 345

Of the total births in 1911, 274, or 5-03 per cent., were illegitimate. Immigrants and emigrants : —

190C) 1907 ! 1908 1900, 1910

Immigrants. 30,540 34,803 35,188 33,297 I 35,877 Emigrants! . 30,938 32,557 36,858 35,919 38,508

1911

41,503 45,664

1 It is estimated that the departures are understated bj' about 12i per cent.

The direct movement of population is mainly between the Australian States (chiefly Victoria) and Tasmania,

Population of the capital, Hobart and Suburbs (census 3rd April, 1911), 38,391, of Launceston and Suburbs, 23,726.

Religion.

In 1911, belonging to the Church of England 88,000 ; Roman Catholics, 29,000; Methodists, 25,000 ; Presbyterians, 16,000 ; Independents, 6,000; Baptists, 5,000.

Instruction.

There are 20 superior schools or colleges in the State with an average attendance in 1911 of about 1,500 ; 94 other than State schools with 5,217 children on rolls; 399 public elementary shcools with 32,244 scholars on roll in 1911. Education is compulsory. There are two technical schools, exclusive of two Schools of Mines (191 scholars), with about 598 pupils, at Hobart and Launceston, The higher education is under a university which holds examinations and grants degrees; in 1911 it had 124 students (75 matriculated and 49 non-matriculated). Elementary education is under the control of a government director. There are several valuable scholarships from the lower to the higher schools ; also State scholarships tenable at secondary schools. At the census of 1911 the number of persons ;returned as unable to read was 34,479, or 18-03 per cent, of the population.

The total cost to Government of education in 1911 was 87,854Z. (from revenue).

Justice and Crime.

There is a Supreme Court, courts of petty, general, and quarter sessions, the latter presided over by a stipendiary magistrate, assisted by justices of the peace. Acrording to the Police Re[)ort, during the year 1911-12, 4,515 male and 363 females were summarily convicted, and 58 males and 8 females Were committed for trial. Before the Supreme Courts and sessions courts 27 persons were convicted in 1910. The total police force on .June 30, 1912, was 232. There were 2 gaols, with 45 male and 4 female inmates, at the end of June, 1911, and in training school 17 inmates.

Pauperism, Old Age Pensions.

Besides hospitals and benevolent institutions, there are two establish- ments for paupers, with 141 male and 95 female inmates on June 30, 1911-12, the daily average number of persons maintained during the year being 125 males and 92 females. The total net expenditure during the year 1911-12 was 4,001L During the year 1911-12 outdoor relief was administered to the amount of 2,091Z. ; 128 children were boarded out, and 1,187 persons (including children) were relieved by Benevolent Societies in 1911,

Old Age and Invalidity Pensions are paid by the Commonwealth Government. The number of pen.sioners in Tasmania at December 13, 1912, was: Old age, 4,027 ; Invalid, 815.