Statistical register of the Colony of Western Australia for 18967and previous years.

Perth, Western Australia: Registrar General's Office, 1899. Quarto, original printed wraps, cloth spine. Approx. 700 pages (non-continuous pagination). Two large folding maps, folding plate. Chip to the lower corner of the front wrap and front endpaper, chip and closed tear to the rear endpaper, plus minor chips. Inscription ("Chronicle") to top of front wrap. Internally clean and in very good condition, including the maps. Scarce.

An official compendium for statistics of Western Australia for the year 1899. Some statistics, such as population, include figures since the founding of the colony. The sections include: Population and Vital Statistics; Public Finance; Accumulation (e.g. banks); Interchange, including Trade and Customs, Shipping, Telegraph, Money Order, and Savings Bank, Government Railways and Tramway; Land Settlement, Agriculture, and Live Stock; Industrial Establishments; Mineral Statistics and Water Conservation (including mining statististics); Law, Crime, etc.; Religion, Hospitals, Charitable Institutions, etc.; Education, Science, and Art; Local Government; Administrative, Legislative and Civil Establishments. A significant collection of statistics, and an invaluable resource for researchers. Item #106582

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