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ANNUAL STATISTICS. 1872.
. la this and three or four subsequent articles
we intend to publish a series of tables showing
the progress of the colony during the past year.
Though statistical literature is not verv sensa
tional,, ana may not greauy interest tne general
reader, the importance of correct information
upon the- various subjects relating to the com
mercial, economic, and social condition of the
community is so generally admitted that no
apology is required for presenting such infor
mation in a tabulated form.
It compiling these tables we shall, as in pre
vious years, resort to the best official documeats
for our authority, and endeavour to present
them as free from error as possible.
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