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The Nineteenth Century , No 182, Apr 1892 [66r] (136/244)
The record is made up of 1 volume (120 folios). It was created in Apr 1892. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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1892 THE CREDIT
621
Trogress of Rural Population in Australasia 1881-1891,
trasted with the Progress made in
Periods.
Increase in Rural Population:
Australasia—Decade 1881-1891
England
Ditto
Ditto
United States
Ditto
1851-1861
1861-1871
1871-1881
1860-1870
1870-1880
Per centage
Increase
27-92
4-11
7*32
7-36
15-60
27*39
This proves again that Mr. Fortescue's inference is diametrically
in opposition to the truth; for in no country in the world has there
been such a large relative increase in the rural population as in
Australasia during the decade referred to.
4. That Taxation steadily increase
land. —This point may be very briefly disposed of. Taxation has
increased in Australia, but not to a degree that is felt to be burden-
•some, nor to such an extent as to leave no margin for further imposts
if required. Moreover, as the bulk of the taxation now levied is
derived from Customs' duties, its extent is an index of the wealth of
the community as a whole, and increases with the increased pur
chasing power of the people. And the taxpayers are satisfied in that
they have an equivalent for what they pay.
5. That State Socialism is rampa —The special
reference to Australia as regards the occasional manifestation of the
ordinary socialistic tendencies of the age, merely shows that Mr.
Fortescue must have run short of suitable pigments wherewith to
further bedaub the ' seamy side' picture of Australia as painted by
him. No doubt it would be easy to prove that Australian politics and
Australian relations between labour and capital are influenced by the
forces which are now markedly affecting the politics and industrial
organisations throughout the civilised world ; and in no country more
so than in England. But Mr. Fortescue might far more reasonably
restrict to Australasia the possible disadvantages arising from sunspct
cycles, than attempt to localise therein the effects of forces and
tendencies which have a universal application.
Conclusion,
In concluding these observations it will, I think, be conceded
that, in every case, Mr. Fortescue's arguments have been fairly over
thrown. It has been shown that his ' seamy side,' when properly
looked into, turns out to be no ' seamy side ' at all; that Australasia's
public debt is insignificant as compared with that of the United
Kingdom, relatively or absolutely; and insignificant as compared with
the great resources that empower her to discharge all the obligations
V ol . XXXI—N o. 182 U U
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The file contains a copy of the journal The Nineteenth Century. A pencil note on the cover of the journal, in the hand of Lady Pelly, indicates that Lewis Pelly was being read an article from this journal on Easter Sunday five days before he died.
The article he and his wife were reading has been marked on the cover 'Prospects of Marriage for Women, by Miss Clara E Collet' which appears on folios 24-31.
A second annotation, written by Sir William Henry Rhodes Green, gives the date of Lewis Pelly's death and is provided as context to Lady Pelly's comments.
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The journal contains one set of foliation and three sets of original pagination.
The principal foliation for this volume appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, using a pencil number enclosed with a circle.
The three sets of original printed pagination that appear are as follows:
The advertisments at the front of the journal are paginated as i-xxxii; the articles themselves are paginated as 525-712; and the Sampson Low, Marston & Company publications list at the rear of the journal has been paginated as 1-8.
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- Title
- The Nineteenth Century, No 182, Apr 1892
- Pages
- 58v:66v
- Author
- Johnston, Robert Mackenzie
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