The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-11-23
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ton and topoyrsplys government and sd
rniaiSsrasiOas social ee0nomy; mineral
pastoral, en- agricultural RESOURCES; man-
ufaetures and industries; trade and com
uerce; with carefully compiled statistics,
. Altogether this eepy of the Herald + pe-
eylliariy valuable, containing as it does s.
+ perfect compendium o. interesting matter
respecting the most importsn, colony I'M
der the British Crown. In this ocean.
As IN the course Of events, we Of the
Hawsiiar Islands ars brought into closer
and more frequent communication with
rhe Pacific colonies, IL behooves Us TO gsr
a. wen posted IS possible in regard to
everything connected with them The an
tiPojeS Of Europe, are almost IS much our
ueizhbors a. are the Pacific States OF the
American Union, and BY present sppear-
aneeS, we shall find there a good uarke,
for our products. The continent Of Aus
tralia-for It has loug since ceased TO be
called an iSlani-ha> been 10 great p0r-
non Of the rsst Of the world s sort Of tsrru
inco-nita, until recently, We propose 70
briefly eollste some facts, which may per
bSps interest our readers.
rogive an idea Of the extent Of the
country, we viii begin with the rivers /:
E>trulsted length ofthe Marranbidgee-a
native name-iS put down AT $50 miles.
and drains an AREA Of $4,000 square miles.
I5is uavigsble for. Hirg bsadrg5 asiLsS. The
Murray river, forms the southern frontier
the colony of the New South Wales,
and Is 1870 miles In length, Snd drains an
area ofe70.O00 square miles, The COLONY
extends over shout niue degrees Of E1ti-
tude. aud about twelve and half degrees
Of longitude. Its superficial AREA Is 32S,-
+sT square miles, about three times the
SIZE of Great Britain and Ireland and larger
than any state in Europe except Russia
Taken as 4 whole, the colony Is nearly
equal IN extent 10 Cauada. A large por-
ZION Of this vast srea i Of course vet IN
settled, but there Is IN the "Old Couu-
trie> near the sea coast, the nucleus Of
q great nation.
There are seventy-eigtt Telegraph Sta
tons the most remote being SIS miles from
the city Of SYDNEY. In radious oftweu-
" miles Of Sydney there are so postal sta
tiouS.
The population Of Sydney, the capital,
aud Suburbs, Clyiug on the shores Of Port
Jaek>on) Is about 10000, the popula-
ton of the second seaport town, Newcas-
lie. i about 5000 The total population
Of the colony / about 100000.
New South WaIes possesses an import
ant means Of communication between
many Of the localities on her coast by her
feet Of ses-goiug steamers, Sydney Is $50
miles from Melbourne; GOO from Hobart
Town; 1000 from Adelaide; $50 miles
fr0u Brisbane: 1850 from Auckland. \.
Z. 1850 from Honolulu; 1920 from Levu-
IA. Fiji; aud 6450 from San francesca.
The government Of the Colony consists
Of a Governor, appointed by commission
under the Great Seal Of the United King
dom. sud s parliament, consisting of two
Houses, elected by the people.
The Parliament. o. tvO houses l. called
she Legislative Council and the leg
islative Assembly The Parliament has
power to deal with all matters affecting
tie order and good government Of the Col
ony. The special functions Of the Cover
nor enable him to interpose as repre-
sentative ofthe Crown IN regard to ques-
tions which affecs the Empire The Gov
ernor receives salary Of $1,000 per an
mum, paid by the Colony itself, under the
Constitution Act.
In religious matters, We find that there
zre 40 registered ministers; SIS estab-
Iishe,i places Of religious worship; church
accommodation for I65,IIS persons; az
erage attendance, weekly, I56,55s There
are s05 Sunday Schools; 5425 teachers;
and S,O5I sunday School Scholars.
There Is free public library in Sydney.
which numbers nov 10000 volumes The
public charities Of New South Wales are
manifold, although there Is no regular pau
per class. such as is known in older and
uore thiekly populated countries But
the destitution and sickness which always
exist IN countries 80 well populated as
that under consideration, calls not In vain
for relief They have Government Asy-
lums Tor the Aged and Invalid Poor;
Lunatie and Invalid AsyIuns, and twenty
OF more other benevolent institutions IN
der different names, TO meet the wants Of
the uHfoTtunz1es-
By the last returns, the extent Of land
II cultivation was as, SAT aeres; the e1-
tent u land enclosed but not cultivated.
vss 1888, zIs4 acres The wheat crop Of
the year Is5s, vas s,zOO,e5s bushels OF
I64 bushels to the acre Of land laid down
n Ehezt Tie priee Is s. per busheL
During the year ending March SIst,
1870, New South Wales produced 450, szI
gallons a vine and 1857 gallons Of bran