The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-09 00:00:00

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£660,518... £6.99,013

CEYLON.—Population in 1835, exclusive of the military,
was—whites, males 2,912, females 2,929 ; free blacks, males
622,842, females 555,246 ; slaves, males 14,108, -females
13,289 ; aliens and resident strangers 10,825. Population to
the square mile 50.39. Employed in agriculture 344,614,
manufactures 50,697, commerce 42,908. Births 29,969,
marriages 10,202, deaths 17,200. The military and civil
ordnance officers with their families were—whites, male'
2,604, females 67E ; blacks, males 3,623, females 2,771;
births 231, marriages 82, deaths 286. The means of oduca-
tion are considerable, and may be thus classified :
Schools. No. Males. Females. Expenses.
Public 22 .. 895 .. ' 115 .. 1768
Regimental 6.. 320 .. 90 .. 81
Church Missionary.. 55 .. 1461 .. 257 .. 891
Wesleyan Do. .. 101 .. 4527 .. 610 ..
American Do. .. 153 .. 5139 .. 1137 .. 1444

There are also some private Roman Catholic schools, under
the Roman Catholic vicar-general.

Amount in 1835 of L'iiports from and Exports to :
Imports from. Exportslo.
. .

G. Britain..
B: Colonies
U. states
Foreign. ...

69,997
251,894
103
30,082

Total • 352,076 158,900
Shipping inwards from G; Britain 16, tons 4,959 ; B. Colo.
nies 1,200, tons 55,336; U. States 2, tons 454; foreign 186,
tons 12,377. Outwards from G. Britain 18, tons 5,462 ;B.
Colonies 1,208, tons 62,431 ; U. States 1, tons 274 ; foreign.
54, tons 3,889. In the western province there are 1,433
looms. southern 371, eastern 536, and northern 945, whith
are employed in the manufacture of handkerchiefs, table-
cloths, towels, sail-cloths, and cloths used by the natives for
dress. In the western province there are 84 oil-mills, south.
ern 1, eastern 12, and northern 3, and the oils expressed are
cocoa-nut, gingelic, and mee. In the western province there
are two steam-engines. The quarries are, in the western
provinces, 12, producing ruby, cattage, topaz, blue sapphire,
crystals, and plumbago ;. in the southern provinces there are
14 quarries, producing cattage, topaz, tormalin, • sapphire,
cinnamon stone, and iron, 6,000 lbs. The value of the fish.
eries, including pearl *oysters, was £79,876, and they ens.
ployed L 606 boats and 240 rafts. The stock consisted of
980 horNe, 679,00 i horned cattle, 41,071 sheep, and 48,878
goats. The amount of produce Is luipeifmtly know., nut
no general survey having been made of the central province,
the quantity of land in crop and uncultivated cannot be stated.
The price of cotton varied from id. per lb. to 4bd., and of
tobacco from Id. to Is. 4d.-
NEW SOUTH WALES.—FrOd 1829 to 1835, inclusive,

The number of births was—males.... 4,722.. females.. 4,304
deaths .... „ .... 4,522.. , .. 1,903
The number of convicts arrived from 1825 to 1835, inclusive,
was 32,585. From 1829 to 1835, inclusive, the convicts who
acquired their freedom were—
By servitude
Pardoned

males.. 6,783.. females.. 1,143
„ .. 26.. „ .. 2

„ conditionally • - 378.. .. 15
From 1829 to 1835, inclusive, the number of free emigrants
arrived was—men, 3,436 ; women, 3,373 ; children, 2,204.
The number of convicts on 31st December, 1835, was 29,182,
of which were in private service 19,247, and 3,650 held ticket*
of leave. Public education is carried on by government in :
Males. Females. Expense.
Episcopalian Schools.... 38 1,277 1,044 £9,966
Roman Catholic „ .... 10 4Bl 368 1,256
In the King's schodl, Parramatta, boarders pay £2B per
annum each, and day-scholars £6 to £lO. The imports
amounted to £889,926, in colonial estimates, ..1.•,114,805,
and the exports to £602,316, in colonial estimates to £682,193.
Shipping, in 1835, entered inwards from Great. Britain, 47
vessels, 17,530 tons ; British Colonies 132, 28,507 tons ; U.
States 6, 1,400 tons ; foreign 75, 15,582 tons. Outwards—
for Great Britain 31, 11,261 tons ; Colonies 90, 15,821 tons ;
foreign 148, 39,882 tons. In 1835 there were 1 brigantine, 4
cutters, and 2 sloops built, the aggregate tonnage being 303.
The number of vessels registered was 21, 2,267 tons, 192 men.
The wool exported in 1824 was 275,560 lbs., in 1830, it was
899,750 lbs., and in 1835, it was 3,893,927 lbs. The only
manufactories were Sydney, 2 distilleries, 8 breweries,
2 hat, 4 coarse woollens, 4 soap, 2 tobacco, 2 rope, 7 tame-
lies, 1 pottery, 3 iron foundries 15 printing presses, 3 saw-
mills, 1 marble, 1 patent ship-slip, 5 steam-vessels, 2 coach ;
at Parramatta, 1 salt ; at Windsor, 2 breweries, .1 coarse
woollen, 7 tanneries ; at Campbell Town, 3 tanneries ; at
Newcastle, 2 salt, 1 steam-engine for raising coals ; at Upper
William's River, 1 pottery. Number of vessels employed in
the whale fishery 29, sperm 0i12W16 tons, black whale oil 42,
whale bone 2. value £147,020. The number of acres sold in
1835 was 271,947.
VAN DIIMEN'S LAND.—The population in 1835 was—
Free whites, males 12,940, females, 9,051 ; military, males
895, females 318 ; convicts, males 14,914, females 2034. The
public schools are 28 in number, scholars 1,203, expenses
near £7,000, about 3-4ths being by government. value of
imports £366,114 ; exports :1:235,302. Shipping inwards
from Great Britain 59, 29,013 tons; British Colonies 154,
30,031 tons ; United States 5, 1,217 tons ; foreign 12, 3,572
tons. Outwards—for Great Britain 25, 7,331 tons; British
Colonies 189, 42,735 tons : United States 1, 257 tons ; fo-
reign 10, 3,237 tons

Imports. Exports.
Countries. 1824. 1835. 1824. 1835.
Great Britain £50,000 £403,879 £lO,OOO £218,754
British Colonies. 10,000 149,664 4,500 101,716
United States .. . - 3,368 --61
Foreign 2,000 26,735 - 148

Total .... 62,200 583,646 14,500 320,679
In 1835 there were 35 vessels in the whale fishery, and 409
black and 56 sperm whales were taken, value X 61,300. The
total number of acres granted from 1824 to 1835, inclusive.
was 1,413,300, of which 9,930 were granted
The land crop
was 167,462 acres ; uncultivated, 1,680,705. The stock con-
sisted of horses, 6449 ; horned cattle, 82,217 ; sheep, 824,556 ;
goats, I ,548. Amount of specie in circulation estimated at
£100,000; bank notes, £46,860.