The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-09
Au.traI.a--I.s Prorre.. and Position.

Australia Is so far removed from the United States
that little interest is felt in the condition Of the peo
pie OF that great colony and little attention IL paid
TO It's rise, progress, and present position Never.
theless, Australia may be considered as one of the
modern wonders among The nations and while lis
onward march in population and wealth has been
extraordinary, Its future we venture to predict will
present still more surprising results BY recent ar
rivals we have late accounts from sydney, the prn
cipal town Of New South Wales The Legislative
Council was in session, and the Governors Animal
Address, which had Just appeared, gave highly
hatiefng picture Of the affairs of the colony The
revenue had increased, and was In such prosperous
condition as 10 Suggest additional outlays promote
immigration to the colony, aud also the establish
ment OF steam communication between England aad
the colony, by way Of the Cape Of Good Hope and
by means Of auxiliary screw propelcrs The exports
o. wool had reached in the last year, 22000 600 lbs
the official value of which was 900 600 being an in,
crease Of 5,f00000 lbs. over the previous year and
equal TO the whole expectation of The year 1893 only
seven years before, The export Of tallow In 1871
had been ~ UoO ewi, The official value Of which was
VoO being an increase the previous year OF
f41000.
We perceive, alao, that in the British Housi of
Lords on the 10Th nltimo, Fad Grey, on submitting
certain papers relative 10 emigration TO Australia
took occasion to into an elaborate review al
the growing prosperity Of the colonies there, with
particular reference to the advantages they held ont
ior promoting me great national object OF emiera-
uon. IL seems that taking the average of the last
eeven years the annual emigration 10 Australia from
England and Ireland has been l22 600 but last wear
i was lS30oO 10 1923 the only English colonies In
that quarter Of the globe were New South Wales opd
Van Dienians Land the extent Of settlement in each
being small and the whole population of both not
exceeding $4,000, Of whom $4,000 were convicts
NOW New South Wales, including Fort Philp, ex-
tends about 900 miles by 800 broad the whole aren
q the colony being three and hall times larger
,hnn Great Britain, and the coast line extending
l,ooV miles. Resides this, the English occupy
s ..GulheI9 and Western Australia and the valuable
Island oil New Zealand and the whole British pop.
ufauon In the different Australian colonies now
amounts TO about 100000 In twenty years there
los 'hh pophlaton has increased about five or six
ioId but Their wealth has increased eth more m
pidIy In 1873 the whole exports were flsI OOH
70 le3o--ihe last year mp 10 which the returns has
peen made-tne exports had arisen 10 e., lag. 900,
being tweiyefod in seventeen Years ',.
Earl Grey. after renarking that The colonies Of
Australia had not been formed merely by The emf
grafton Of laborers, but that thp populaon consisted
81 omcsfs OF tne army and navy, gentlemen who had
OF station and intelligence, made the following Gu
rone comparison between the Australian colonies
and the American colonies, now the United States;
Phil Enquirer,
n" The population OF Sydney in 1896 was leC1o,
and 10 1896 $4,000 Let their lordships compare
this with the old American colonies; the population
Of Boston, l60 years after II was founded, In 1890
only $4,000, and the population Of what was now
the great city OF New York, In l713, Immediately
before the breaking out Of the war Of Independence
only n 200. Having then been founded for n
much longer period than Sydney had been at the
than Sydney now did In 1890 the population Of
philadelphia was only 5000 But what would br
iound TO be still more remarkable was comparison
OF wealth, and the advantage 10 The mother cosn-
w Of the Australian colonies over the American
Inc Population Of the American colonies In l772
Hhs z,VgvVo the population Of the Australian colo.
mes m 1910 was 2s3,000 Now the imports Of all
descriptions INTO the American colonies IN 1873 were
soout one inlon sterling whilst the imports into
Australian colonies in isIa had been 070ODW the |
exports OF the Old American colonies In INA were |
something short Of 20O0,0J1i willis, Inc exports
Of the Australian colonies in lsi5 Ind been la O0
The value per head OF exports and imports In both
cases would show the result more strikinolv Tha
Imports In the old American colonies were So. Sd.
per head Of the population, whilst the imports In H.
colonies were a. IS. l0d. per head Tile
exports IN the American colonies were lGs IA ~,
head, and In the Australian colonies H. la 30. ~,
head II could not be said therefore, that The popu
alton Of colonies were less capable of tasryins
On their enterprise than they had been In form
r days, and when the difficulty OF voyage 10 rus.
rslia, as compared with America. was considered.
he result was still more remarkable"