The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-17
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IN THAT most interesting of maga-
zines. Ainslee's, appears an in
structive description of the new
commonwealth, Australia. Two-thirds
of the Australian continent is a desert.
and yet its productiyeness is enormous
This land contains over one hundred
million sheep. between thirty and
thrty-tive million head of cattle and
horses. 1t has given to the commerce
of the world over G40O. 600 900 in gold
copper, coal ana tin. The two PROV
inceS of Ballarat and i1ondiGo alone
have produced tl0O, 100000 of gold. and
as much more has come from the great
TambaroOra and Lambng Flat annual
ly over ,E4O. 1000. 600 worth of metals.
grains. wool. beef. taloW. hides and
mutton. Forty years ago the output Of
wool amounted to S,O000N0 pounds
Now, with IA record OF 100 00Q, 900 pounds
Australia furnishes one fourth of the
worlds wool, and of such IL quality as
to make it one third of the total value.
Because of the war in the TranSyaaI
and an immense mining dcvelopment
in West Australia, the new federation,
in 1899. with $50 600, 600 output led the
world in product Of gold. liy constant
gains. her silver product has come to
equal one-ninth of the worlds supply.
For the past year her total mineral
output amounted to nearly 500, 900 600
or Sa5 TO every uhubtant. Her mineral
possibilities in copper tin lead, anti
mony, iron, quicksilver ana coal can
not be overestimated. As Il result of
her astonishing fertility, Australian
shipping has reached the total of 20 =
900. 900 tons Her first railWay--that
from sydney 10 Parramattl-wa
opened in lSi5. 1t was only fourteen
miles in length. Today she owns $4,000
miles of railways. \ curious light on
her prosperity is the fact that she has
million items in her daily mail. In
proportion TO her population the high
est average i'm the world. What is more
remarkable is that this colossal ma
tional wealth has been built up BIZ only
four million people. Az q consequence
average individual wealth in Australia
is the highest IN The world For In
stance, let MS compare the child with
the pare ent--Australi with England.
Australia > revenue for this year will
probably exceed $50, 900 600, which sum
| is nearly one third that of England's
| But with only One-tenth OF England's
| population. Australia is, therefore, in
| dividually three and Il third times
| richer than the mother country. Then
| there are the savings banks, With 500
900 in deposit, This gives $3.50 per
| head to the people of Australia. again
| the highest average in the world
In several respects The most remark-
able river in the world is the Tsangpo,
1t is the highest Of all navigable
streams, flowing for nearly thousand
| miles at an elevation of from II 900 10
| $4,000 feet. II rises in the extreme
| southwestern corner of Tibet. AT a
| height of nearly $1,000 feet Receiving
| the drainage Of the slopes of the Him
| alavs and of a little known Tlbetau
| range running parallel With these
| mountains, il soon becomes stream
| wide and deep enough TO be naViga bile
| There is considerable boat train,
| upon It, at an elevation of little below
| the summit of Mount Blanc 1t flows
| due east for some eight hundred miles
| receiving numerous large ;rnutarleS
! from both south and north. and when
near Lhasa ii is, AT low water nearly q
third of mile wide and twenty feet
deep; in flood tyo miles wide and OF
| unknown depth In longitude - de
] grees east it makes n sharp bend to
| the south, and passes through the
| Himalayas I'm a course known only Il
the savages who dwell upon it's pre-
| cipitous banks. When last seen by an