From whatever standpoint taken, the advance [unclear: i] the commercial and social position of the Province has been unusually rapid, as before stated, resulting [unclear: sole] from the soil and climate, without the stimulating [unclear: aid.] gold, or other exciting cause; and the healthful [unclear: increa] of population will add strength to this assertion, The following will give the numbers for 10 years:—

1873	4,906
1878	9,812
1874	6,373
1879	10,245
1875	7,659
1880	10,767
1876	8,258
1881	15,277
1877	8,744
1882	15,920