The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-02 00:00:00

AUSTR4LIAN STATISTICS.

The official statement commences with the colony
of Now South Wales, and we therefore take it
first. In 1857 the population included 171,673
males, and 133,814 females. There were 550 schools
and 29,236 scholars. The births numbered 12,501,
and the marriages 2,902. There were 4,846 deaths.
15,578 immigrants arrived in 1857, 10,205 of
whom went out at the public expense, and 5,373 at
their own expense ; 8,538 were males and 4,412
females, and 2,628 children under 14. 4,612 males
and 1,961 females emigrated from the colony in the
same year. There were 395 convictions for felo-
nies and misdemeanours, and 232 civil cases
tried. The public income amounted to £1,531,137,
and the expenditure to £1,543,328. 1,100 ves-
sels, 9f 351,413 tons, entered, and 1,204, of
377,147 tons, cleared out in 1857. 132 vessels
entered from the United Kingdom, and 810 from
the British colonies. 10 vessels were built and 45
registered in the colony in the year. The value
of the imports wa5£6,729,408, including £3,797,350,
the produce of the United Kingdom, and £1,640,520,
of her colonies. The exports were £4,011,952, of
which nearly £3,000,000 was the produce of the
colony (gold included). The exports included
13.5,805 gallons of ale and beer, 890,5271 b. of cheese,
151,197 bushels of maize, 107,468 hides and skins,
781,6701 b. of tea, and 17,044,2011 b. of wool. The
value of gold and bullion in the Royal Mint and
banks in 1857 was £1,388,565: The total number
of mortgages on land was 1,168, to the amount of
1703,389. There were 175 mortgages on live stock,
including 904,360 sheep, 135,334 horned cattle, and
3,141 horses, to the extent of £655,462. Seven-
teen mines produced 210,434 tons of coal, valued at
£148,158. The Post-office employed 274 persons;
the extent of post roads was 289,386 miles, and
the number of letters that passed by ship and in-
land was 2,602,919, besides 2,214,411 newspapers.
183,385 acres of land were under crop, producing
1,289,044 bushels of wheat, 1,118,000 bushels of
maize, 58,088 bushels of barley, 61,253 bushels of
oats, 21,491 tons of potatoes, 1,301 tons of tobacco,
and 53,064 tons of hay, Sce. 1,128 acres of land
were planted with the vine, producing 108,174
gallons of wine, and 1,414 of brandy. The live
stock included 180,053 horses, 2,148,664 horned
beasts, 8,139,162 sheep, and 109,166 swine.
48,341 sheep and 25,111 cattle were slaughtered
in 1857, producing 40,597 tons of tallow.
$1,360 yards of woollen (cloth and tweed)
were manufactured ; also 37,228 cwt. of soap, and
1,346 cwt. of tobacco. 166,000 cwt. of sugar were
refined. There were 157 mills of all kiuds for
grinding'grain• In New South Wales, in 1837,
wheat was 7s. 4d. per bushel ' • bread of the very
first quality, 31d. per lb., and of the second, 2.4 d. ;
rice, sd. ; tea, 2s. 6d. ; coffee, ls. Bd. ; sugar, 7Ld. ,•
meat (fresh) 31d. ; English cheese, ls. 7d., and
colonial, is. ; potatoes, 14s. Gd. per cwt. ;
colonial wine, 9s. 2d., and imported wine (best
quality), 14s. 9d. per gallon; brandy, £1 15s. Gd.
per gallon (very dear of course) ; colonial beer,
45., and imported 7s. Gd. per gallon ; candles, 9d. per
lb. ; lamp oil, 10s. per gallon ; soap, 7d. per lb ;
starch, ls., and blue, 2s. 6d. ' • colonial tobacco, 2s. 7d,
and imported ss. per lb. Men's moleskin coats were
16s. each, and jackets 10s. •, waistcoats, Bs. 6d.;
trousers, Bs. and 9s. ; check shirts, 3s. 3d. ; strong
boots, 16s. Gd. ; shoes, 1 ls. 6d. ; shepherds' coats,
225.; socks, 10d. ; handkerchiefs, 9d. each, and straw
' hats, ss. 11d. Women's print dresses, Gs., and meri-
noes, 12s. each ; flannel petticoats, 75., and calico do.,
3s. 2d. ; stockings, ls. 2d. ; shoes, 7s. Gd. ; caps,
2s. 6d. ; shawls, 10s. 6d. ; shifts, 4s. 4d. ; stays, 7s.
2d. ; aprons, ls. 3d. ; and straw bonnets, Gs. Crino-
line hoops are not mentioned.
Wages, without board, were, in 1857 (average)-
carpenters, 12s. a-day ; smiths and wheelwrights,
12s. ; bricklayers, 13s. ; and masons, 14s. Farm
labourers, with board, £3O to £4O a-year ; and
shepherds, £3O to £35. Plain cooks, £25 to £3O ;
housemaids, £l6 to 118 ; laundresses, £2O to £25 ;
nurses, £l5 to £2O ; general house servants, £2O to
£25; and dairy women,:ke., £lB to £2O a-year.

The Bank have issued the usual notice that they
are ready to make advances on Government securities and
bills of exchange, till the opening. of the transfer books in
January, at their current rate of discount.
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