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PUBLICATIONS
OFFICIAL YEAR BOOK
The Commonwealth Statistician an:.
Actuary (Mr. Chao. H. Wickens, I.S.O.,
'.I.A, F.S.S.. etc.) has made available
advance copies of the newly published
Official Year Book of the Common
wealth of Australia. The book, which
Is issued later than usual, largely ow
ing to considerable staff changes dur
ing the year, Is the twenty-second of
the series, and follows the widely com
mended general plan of presentation
adopted at the inception of the work.
The statistical chapters cover the a?dil
able field of Australlan statistics, while
instructive comparative returns for
other countries have been Incorporated
where practicable and desirable.
In accordance with the practice of
including in each issue one or more
specially contributed articles dealing
with matters of Australian interest, the
present issue contains a special article
entitled "Structure and Scenery of the
Federal Capital Territory," which has
been inserted as an appendix to the
chapter dealing' with the Territories
of the Commonwealth. In this article,
which has been written specially by
Dr. W. G. Woolnough. geological ad
vlser to the Commonwealth Govern
ment, a study is made of the geologl
cal formations encountered In and
about the federal capital territory, and
although the accounts are necessartly
condensed, they furnish the reader
with a general idea of the basle struc
ture underlying' the rolling hills and
broad plains of the site of the federal
capItal.
Amongst new matters are the seu
tions dealing with the organination or
public works in connection with unem
ployment, and seasonal employment in
Australia, which appear in the Labour.
Wages, and Prices Chapteor conditions
of- immigratlon into Australia, In the
Population Chapter; and a conspectus
of[ Vorkmenas Compensation Acts in
Australia.
The book is replete with maps and
graphs.
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