When the census was taken in 1871 (says the South Australian Advertiser) the population of South Australia was ascertained to be 185,626. In 1881 it was 279,865, showing an increase of 91,239, or during the decennial period an average increase of 9423 for each year. Since 1881 no census has been taken, but the official estimate at the end of 1888 was 313,065, or an increase of 33,200 for eight years. This gives an average of 4150 per annum, being less than one-half the yearly increase for the previous decade. But the actual facts are not quite so bad as the figures we have quoted would seem to show, because previous to 1881 the number of both natives and Chinese was included, whereas since then it has been left out. This omission would probably make the 1831 figures some 10,000 less. Allowing for the deduction, however, the result is not at all satisfactory, and it is one which our statesmen, if we have any, should ponder over.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 273, 14 March 1889, Page 3
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167Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 273, 14 March 1889, Page 3
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