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Product Of Gold In Victoria.

There are no means of arriving at an exact account of the amount of gold obtained by diggers : some is brought to the towns by private hands ,- some remains in the country ;......

What Our Colonies Cost Its.

The total amount of the expenditure of Great Britain for her Colonies in the year 1853-'4 was the respectable sum of 3,288,338!.; but though this large outlay is called "......

Revenue And Expenditure Of New South Wales.

The revenue of New South Wales, in 1854, was 991,683!.; the expendi- ture, 630,812/. In 1850 the totals were respectively 370,896/. and 373,680!.; in 1851, 482,2361. and......

Exports And Imports.

All the world knows how recklessly shipments from Europe were poured into the colony of Victoria after the gold-discovery, attaining an enormous total in 1854. Last year there......

Revenue And Expenditure Of South Australia.

It appears from the official tables that the total Ordinary Revenue of South .Australia for the year ending 30th September 1855 was 423,8681. Of this total, Customs supplied......

Australian Statistics.

Journals brought from our Southern Colonies by late mails enable us to throw together some interesting facts regarding their public finance, bank- ing, trade, gold-production,......

Miscellaneous Items.

The Sydney Mint, from the 25th June to the 3d November 1855 received 82,076 ounces of gold, and issued 178,600 sovereigns. Up to the 14th September, New South Wales Government......

Banking In South - Australia.

There appear to be three banks carrying on business- in South Australia, -the South Australian Banking Company, the Union' Bank of Australia, and the Bank of Australasia. ' We......

Expenditure By Great Britain On The Australlin Colonies.

The Mother-country does not appear to spend any money on Victoria : the last Parliamentary return on Colonial Expenditure does not mention that colony. The following table......

Banking In New South Wales.

We are now enabled to give the banking statistics in New South Wales to a late date, and if the reader refers to the last Monthly Supplement, he can compare them with those of......