Author: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 944

ISBN-13: 9781528338318

Excerpt from Wealth and Progress of New South Wales IN preparing a work of this kind a difficulty is alway experienced in making it interesting to persons outside thi Colony who are not concerned about the details of loca affairs, and at the same time useful to those who are engage( in the active life of the Colony and who require such details It is believed that the difiiculty has been fairly met. Ever: care has been taken to correct such errors as may have passe The chapters relating to Shipping and Commerce' were sent to press too early to admit of the figures relating to 1898 being inserted in their proper place. It is satisfactoq to be able to record that the progress indicated in the tem has been well maintained. The shipping entering anc clearing the ports of New South \vales during 1892 showed a tonnage of as against in the preceding year. The imports for the year were valued a1 compared with in 1897, showing ar increase of and the exports at as against (i showing an increase of The total trade was therefore This exceeds the total of 1897 by and is also larger than the trade oi any other year of the Colony's history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.