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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — QUEENSLAND

there were 5,145 male and 3,542 female full-blooded Aborigines living in a civilised manner. The total number of aborigines has been estimated at 20,000.

As to occupation the population in 1911 was classified as follows : — Pro- fessional class, 17,653; domestics, 26,570; commercial, 34,564; industrial, 68,262 ; transport and communication, 23,142 ; agricultural, pastoral, mining, &c, 101,90 1 ; indefinite, 4,890; independent, 2,758; dependent class (wives, children, scholars, students, dependent relatives, &c), 326,070.

Of • the total population, 1911, 382,216 persons (exclusive of aborigines) were born in the State; 65,266 in England ; 31,599 in Ireland ; 20,530 in Scotland; 2,620 in Wales; 38,921 in N. S. Wales; 15,943 in Victoria; 3,348 in S. Australia; 482 in W. Australia; 1,798 in Tasmania; 3,987 other Australians, including 'Australia' undefined ; 2,576 in New Zealand ; 11,979 in Germany ; 2,641 in Denmark ; 1,054 in Sweden ; 685 in Norway.

The following table shows the births, deaths, and mar riages for five years : —

Years Total Births Illegitimate

1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

20,163 18,912 19,787 19,560 18,699

1,090 954 967

1,046 1,074

Deaths

7,559 7,514 6,555 7,158 8,860

Marriages Excess of Births

6,135 5,208 4,868 4,821 5,431

12,604 11,398 13,232 12,402 9,839

The immigration and emigration, including arrivals and departures by sea and by rail across the border, and of Expeditionary Forces, have been as follows :— Immigration, 1916, 130,528 ; 1917, 123,243 ; 1918, 110,878 ; 1919, 79,005. Emigration, 1915, 140,447; 1916, 151,360; 1917, 118,138; 1918, 104,749 ; 1919, 58,862.

Brisbane, the capital, had in 1919 an estimated population, within a ten mile radius, of 189,576. At the census, 1911, other towns including their suburbs contained: Rockhampton, 20,915; Townsville, 13,835; Mary- borough, 11,626 ; Gympie, 12,419 ; Ipswich, 25,000 ; Toowoomba, 24,200 ; Charters Towers, 17,298.

Religion.

There is no State Church. Previous to 1861 valuable grants of land had been made to the principal religious denominations, which they still retain. The following were the numbers in 1911 : — Church of England, 212,702; Church of Rome, 137,036; Presbyterian, 75,560; Methodist, 59,920; Lutheran, 24,235 ; Baptist, 13,715 ; other Christian sects, 90,556 ; Jews, 672 ; othor Non Christians, 5,518 ; no religion, 1,906 ; unspecified, &c, 21,893.

Instruction.

Primary secular education is free and compulsory. According to the marriage statistics, 99 25 per cent, of persons married during 1919 were able to read and write. The Public Expenditure on account of education for the year 1919 was 1,107,582/. During the year there were 1,574 public elementary schools (including 11 high schools) in opera- tion, with 4,194 tenchers, and an average daily attendance of 92,569 pupils. Secondary education is provided for by 10 grammar schools, 6 for boys and 4 for girls, with, in 1919, 115 teachers and an average attendance