The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-02
AUSTRALIANS CENSUS.
a Growing Population Nearly Forty Pes
Cent. of W hich Il In Three Citica.

/ A Growing Population Nesriy Forty Pes
! Cent. of which IL In Three Cities.
| a considerable amount of useful and
/ interesting information is contained
! in the General Report of the Eleventh
Census of New South Wales" by L. A.
| Coghlan, government statistician of thai
colony, and published by the colonial
| government. The growth of popula-
tion is traced from the founding of the
colony in 1851 to 1891. in which year
/ the total number OF residents in New
| South Wales, exclusive of aborigines.
who numbered $3.50. was I.l23, eos. OF
whom 3s3,2s3 were living in the city
and suburbs of Sydney, 3f5, 7S6 in coun-
| try towns, and ass. 2Sl in the rural dis
/ tricts, the remainder being represent
ed by island residents and people em-
! ployed in shipping work. The con-
centration of population in the largo
cities is not confined to New South
Wales At the census OF 1891 the CON-
bined population OF Melbourne, Sgd
ney and Adelaide numbered I.Oo5. go.
while the population of Victoria, New
South Wales and South Australia was
2,566, 077, thus giving proportion Of
over 30 per cent massed 10 the three
cities, condition OF things altogether
without parallel in history, and largely
explaining some OF the phenomena OF
social and industrial life in Australia
There are several causes of this con-
eentration of population in the Austrs-
liam capitals, one being the paucity OF
practical agriculturists. the town bred
population having little or no knowl.
edge of rural industry heavily prepon.
derating. The population Of New South
Wales was found TO have more than
trebled itself during the period be-
tween 1861 and 1891, result due 20 the
excess OF births over deaths. and the
excess of arrivals in the colony over
departures. The disparity between
the relative numbers OF the sexes Is
less marked than during the early days
Of the colony, but the excess of females
must continue, even under the most
favorable circumstances, for several
years TO come
The Aus;ralian-born portion Of the
population numbered sos. $40, or 71.a7
per cent of the whole. In 1870 ths
native-born Australians were lsss than
one-fourth Of the population; In 1851
they were nearly half; and in 1871
they were nearly co per cent OF tho
whole. This steady increase of The
Australian-born population explains
the recent extensive development Of a
national spirit at the antipodss. The
British-born population Of the colony
numbered 266, lO1; and the European
population 2,oS3, the Germans being
the most numerous and the French
coming next The Chinese-born popa-
lation was 3,l57. of whom only iOc
were females The Chinese are EN-
ployed principally az market gardeners,
cooks, domestic servants, hawkers.
cabinet-makers, miners and mineral
fossickerz
The educational status o. the colon.
fists is very high. OF 5s2, 7Gs per,ons %
q years Of age and upward 600, e0i
could read and write This Ia pro-
portion OF nearly 50 per cent Of tho
entire adult population. which con-
trasts well with the general European
aud American average. OF the i.Izs.-
sJf persons comprising the population
Of the colony 7sl .o0f were members %
Protestant religions. 2s7. iss belonged
TO The Roman Catholic body. and The
remainder % miscellaneous form, q
religious or non-reliZi0uH belief The
general heaitainsss 81 The population
IL shown b. masses Of statistics. also
the generally undsr-crowded condition
Of the dwellings. compared with thoss
q Europe and America The nuna Der Of
trcad-Einuers sTas estimated .. s7i.-
81. Of whom 5s2 as we're males and
s9.;1s we're females and ,he number
Q; children, aged or insrm persons. In
oiTi6UAls engaged in household duties
and others dependent on them. a.
tis. 2o2 The number Of children en-
ployed under the age o. is bsa-s was
J., ~. OF these, 40 Gar as could -
sscsrtsined. not more than i.;oo we've
under the age Of IL. Their. 10 q gree:
aversion % ssndiag children % work
during the school age. aH4 svzsioos 4
the colonial educational &c; ere ts~
compared with those which form ons
q the grea, difficulties % Britain
school boards "A 1sf-1itzn So.sA