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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — NEW SOUTH WALES
Year
1893 1894 1895 1896 1S97
Notes in
Bills in
Circula-
Circula-
tion
tion
£
£
1,804,531
75,086
1,235,989
146,911
1,223,864
117,327
1,237,971
lll,8b9
1,227,964
112,113
Deposits
not bearing Interest
Deposits bearing In- terest
£
8,557,840
9,412,761
10,222,437
10,707,611
10,582,621
£ 23,584,119 20,380,032 20,406,822 19,128,305 19,024,114
j Balances Total due to
Deposits I other Banks
£ 32,141,959 29,792,793 30,629,259 29,835,916 29,606,785
£
80,596 87,427 66,602 69,000 79,711
Total Liabilities
£ 34,102,172 31,263,120 32,037,052 31,254,773 31,026,523
Of the Savings Bank of New South Wales, established in 1832, the Governor is president, and the management is vested in nine trustees. Besides the head office and a branch in Sydney there are 12 branches in the country districts. There are also post-office savings-banks. Statistics of both are given below : —
Year
Number of Depositors
Amount on Dec. 31
Average per Depositor
£
£ 8. d.
1893
179,727
6,535,758
36 7 4
1894
190,307
7,217,000
37 18 5
1895
202,802
8,073,574
39 16 2
1896
213,608
8,522,623
39 17 11
1897
227,629
9,136,793
40 2 10
There are also banks in connection with Land, Building, and Investment companies. The amount of deposits in these institutions in March, 1898, was 759,361Z. (exclusive of deposits in Benefit, Building, and Investment Societies amounting to 319,335/.).
Agent-General in London. — Sir Julian Salomans, Q.C.
Secretary, Samuel Yardley, C.M.G.
Under the supervision of the Governor of New South Wales are Norfolk Islakp, 29* S. latitude, 163° E. longitude, area 10 square miles, population about 750, administered since November 14, 1896, bj' a Resident Magistrate and an elective council of 12 members who, with a grand jury, deal wiih all criminal offences not capital; Pitcairn Island. 25* S., 130° W., area 3 square miles, population 120 ; Lord Howe Island, 31" 30' S., 159° E., population 55, is administered by the Government of New South "Wales.
Books of Reference.
The Wealth and Progress of New South Wales. By T. A. Coghlan, Government Statis- tician. Published annually since 1887. Sydney.
A Statistical Account of the Seven Colonies of Australasia. By T. A. Coglilan, Govern- ment statistician. Published annually. Sydney.
Historical Records of New South Wales. 4 vols. Sydney, 1896.
New South Wales Statistical Register. Published annually since 1858. Sydnej'.
Report on the Eleventh Census (1891). By T. A. Coghlan, Government Statistician,
Sydney, 1894. , „ o ^
Railways of New South Wales. Beportof Commissioners. Published annually. Sydney.
Report of Mining Depaitment. Published annually. Sydney.
Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions. Annual. London.
Chalmers (R.), A History of Currency in the British Colonies. Loudon, 1893.
Fergusi^on (D.), Vicissitudes of Bush Life in Au.stralia and New Zealand. 8. London, 1891.
Griffin (G. W.), New South Wales, Her Commerce and Resources. 8 Sydney, 1888.
Hntehinson (F.), New South Wales : the Mother Colony of the Australias. Sydney, 1896.
Lang (John Dunmore, D.D.), Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales. 4th edit. 2 vols. 8. London, 1874.
Liver»idge{A., M.A., F.R.S.), Minerals of New South Wales, Ac. London, 1888.
Lyne (C. E.), Life of Sir H. Parkes. London. 1897.
Parfce* (SirH.), Fifty Yearsin the MakingofAustralianHistory. 2vols. 8. London, 1892 — Au Emigrant's Home Letters (1838-44). New ed. London, 1897.
Iloijdhouse (T. R.), The Labour Party in New Soutli Wales. S. London, 1892.
