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THE BRITISH EMPIRE :— -QUEENSLAND

As to occupation the population in 1901 was classified as follows : — Pro- fessional class, 13,741 ; domestics, 25,210; commercial, 26,506; industrial, 51,716 ; transport and coniiiiunication, 18,188 ; agricultural, pastoral, mining, &c., 84,698; indefinite, 1,935; dependent class (wives, children, scholars, students, dependent relatives, &c. ), 281,272.

Of the total population, 1911, 382,216 persons (exclusive of aborigines) were born in the State ; 65,266 in England ; 31,599 in Ireland ; 20,530 in Scotland; 2,620 in Wales; 38,921 in N. S. Wales; 15,943 in Victoria; 3,348 in S. Australia; 482 in W. Australia; 1,798 in Tasmania; 3,987 other Australians, including 'Australia' undefined ; 2,576 in New Zealand ; 11,979 in Germany ; 2,641 in Denmark ; 1,054 in Sweden ; 685 in Norway.

The following table shows the births, deaths, and marriages* for five years : —

Years

Total Births ' Illegitiinate Deatlis

1

Marriages

Excess of Births

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

14,542 ! 1,063 5,599 14,828 i 1,104 5,680 15,554 i 1,088 5,530 16,173 1,031 5,745 16,991 1 1,088 6,544

4,105

4,009 4,542 4,769 5,169

8,943

9,148 10,024 10,428 10,447

The immigration and emigration, including arrivals and departures bj' sea and by rail across the border, have been as follows : —

Years

Immigration

Emigration

Total

Chinese 482

Pacific Islanders

350

Total

Chinese

Pacific Islanders

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

61,927 70,804 79,540 86,264 109,720

57,504 67,528 69,441 76,058 97,560

784

3,278

Brisbane, the capital, had in 1911 a population within a ten-mile radius of 143,514. Other towns including their suburbs contained : Rockhampton, 20,915 ; Townsville, 13,835 ; Maryborough, 11,626 ; Gympie, 12,419 ; Ipswich, 25,000 ; Toowoomba, 24,200 ; Charters Towers, 17,298.

Religion.

There is no State Church. Previous to 1861 valuable grants of land had been made to the principal religious denominations, which they still retain. The following were the numbers in 1911 : — Church of England, 212,702; Church of Rome, 137,086; Presbyterian, 75,560; Methodist, 59,920; Lutheran, 24,235 ; Baptist, 13,715 ; other Christian sects, 90,556 ; Jews, 672 ; other Non Christians, 5,518 ; no religion, 1,906 ; unspecified, &c.,

21,893.