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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 72
Colonial Subsidies to the Royal Australasian Squadron
Colonial Subsidies to the Royal Australasian Squadron.
For the services of the Australian Protective Squadron the Australasian Colonies pay the Imperial Government an annual subvention of £126,000, the contributions of each Colony being determined on the basis of population. For the year 1892 the respective contribution of each Colony is given as under:—
| New South Wales | £37,720 |
| Victoria | 36,968 |
| Queensland | 13,342 |
| South Australia | 10,663 |
| Western Australia | 1858 |
| Tasmania | 4850 |
| New Zealand | 20,599 |
| £126,000 |