, 1884-01-19

Mr.. J. Ilenniker Heaton forwards
from Sydney complete account of
the resources Of which an Australian
Dominion would dispose. The seven
Colonies now own 5000, 900 square
miles of the territory, or three times
the surface Of Europe west of The
VistuIa, inhabited by 1886, 900 per-
SON of European descent. These
three millions have placed 1880 600
acres under tilIage, IN addition, of
course, to their grass land +; and own
100000 horses, S,429,0OO cattle,
and 78,493, 900 sheep. They have a
trade of 9114.0O0, 600 and a revenue
of G21,91t,0 900 a year; and although
their Debt exceeds 500, 600, 900, the
State Railways are valued at more
than this sum. They have placed
G62, 600, 900 sterling in Australian
Banks as fixed deposits bearing in,
terest, and exclusive, therefore, Of
current accounts and they spend -
per cent. of their entire revenue,
heavy as the taxation is, upon public
education. In a very few years, pro-
badly before 1900, the Dominion will
be "a powerful State of 5000, 900 of
people, with a practically llmitIrss
territory for settlement, with a re-
venue OF G35, 000, 900, and the power
OF training q permanent militia force
of 10000 men, by drilling only the
young men from nlneleen to twenty
two. such a State, SO isolated, will
dominate The South Pacific, what
ever Europe, or even America, ma.
have to say to the contrary,
Mr.. Holloway, one Gf the now not incOn-
siderable number of milliOnaires, died on
Wednesday, in his eighty fourth year,
with a fortune YariOusly stated at from
two to five millions sterling, but more pro.
bably,-at least if we count in it what he
has spent On his Surrey lunatic asl lum
and his ladies' college, approaching to
the latter sum Only the basis of his for
tune was made by selling the famous pills
and ointment. Mr.. Holloway was IL shrewd
investor, and seemed almost unable to fail
i'll selecting a profitable investment. Dur
ing the last ten years of his life he was Ell
deavOuring to spend his great fortune bene-
ticently, by building near Virginia-Water
Station a great asylum for durable luna
ticS,-who are, we believe, only to remain
there for a limited period,-and by build
ing near Egham a vast ladies' college, con-
tanning upwards of l 900 rooms, which he
is also said to have endowed handsomely.
1t will, however, need an exceedingly
handsome endowment, iii is to succeed at
a distance of twenty miles from London,
and a much greater distance from either
Oxford or Cambridge, for the teachers
must be tirSt.rate, and must be paid far
more than the fees would pay them. In
the neighbOurhOOd of Oxford or Cambridge,
such a building would have been a great
success. Where it is, its success will pro-
badly depend on it's endowment. Of Mr..
HollOWay'S benevolent intentions there is
no doubt, and though we have made else
where some unfavourable criticisms on the
original source of his great fortune, we do
not wish it to be doubted for a moment
that we heartily respect the motive which
impelled him to execute the works of his
declining years.
The final Report on the Census of Ben
gal, taken in 1881, gives a remarkable pic
ture of the only province in India where
the British Government might possibly be
elected by Il pt6biScite. The Lieutenant
GOvernorship is nearly as large as France,
or 1913, 900 square miles and contains dOu-
ble her population, or So, SOC, 900 souls. The
average density of population is 371'41 to