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Industries . . . ,

Primary Producers (Agricultural,

Mining, &c.) Indefinite . . . . ,

Pastoral, Dairying

Total workers

146,688

172,854 9,524

564,799

The number of persons classed as 'dependents' warn 787,798, of whom 13,760 were dependent on public or private charity.

The census population of Sydney (1911), including suburbs and shipping, was 636,353. Of the country towns Newcastle, including suburbs, at the census of 1911 had 55,380 ; Bathurst, 8,575 ; Goulburn, 10,023 ; Parramatta, 12,465 ; Broken Hill, 30,972; Maitland (East and West), 11,313 ; Albury, 6,309 ; Granville, 7,231 ; Lithgow, 8,196 ; \Yagga Wagga, 6,419 ; Tamworth, 7,145 ; Orange and East Orange, 6,721 ; and Gralton and South Grafton, 5,888.

The following table shows the births, deaths, and marriages for live years :

Year

Marriages

Total Births

Illegitimate

2,969 2,932

2,879 2,900 2,949

Total Deaths

Excess of Births

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

12,189 12,642 13,048 14,294 15,267

42,195 42,525 43,769 45,533 47,677

16,410 16,090 15,840 16,191 17,179

25,785 26,435 27,929 29,342 30,498

The increase in population between the census of 1901 and that of 1911 was 291,337. Towards this the excess of births over deaths contributed 247,871.

The following are the statistics of the arrivals and departures by sea for Hve years, making allowance for those unrecorded : —

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1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

Immigrants by sea . Emigrants ,,

98,275 82,946

100,856 94,452

106,310 98,025

111,525 102,205

141,667 117,152

Excess of immigrants by sea

15,329

6,404

8,285

9,320

24,515

In December, 1905, N-ew South Wales revived the policy of assisted immigration, and assisted pas.sages are now granted enabling female domesiic servants, agriculturalists, and other workers to emigrate from the United Kingdom at fares ranging from 3^. to 61., 6/. to 91., and 8^. to 111. respcc tively. Assistance is also given to immigrants from other countries. Five hundred and ninety assisted persons arrived in 1906, 2,917 during 1907, 3,048 in 1908, 4,308 in 1909, 5,058 in 1910, and 9,922 in 1911.

Religion.

An Act abolishing State aid to religion was passed in 1862. The clergy who received State aid when the Act was passed, and now survive, still re- ceive that aid.

The Church of England in the State is governed by a Metropolitan who is Archbishop of Sydney, Metropolitan and Primate of Australia and Tasmania. He is nominated by the Bishops in Australia and consecrated by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. There were in 1911 six dioceses. The affairs of the Roman Catholic Church are administered by the Bishops of seven dioceses

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