Statistics of Wealth.

The third point in Australasian statistics to which we must draw attention is that of wealth. The prodigious wealth of Australasia has of late been a well-worn theme, and if anyone has presumed to criticise Australasian borrowings a reference to "our wealth" has been supposed to be sufficient to end the controversy. Mr. Coghlan has published a table of the private wealth of Australasia, from which we take the following:—