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On the Rates of Mortality in New South Wales, and on the Construction of Mortality Tables from Census Returns; with a Note on the formation of Commutation Tables
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 August 2016
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The calculations which I have made respecting the rates of mortality in New South Wales are founded upon the returns of the Registrar-General for the years 1860-75, and upon two censuses taken in the years 1861 and 1871. There is every reason to believe that the returns of births and deaths are as accurate as can be expected in any case, and that the results of the censuses are as trustworthy as is usually the case. The returns for the year 1876 were not published when I commenced the calculations; and I have not gone farther back than 1860, because during the year before, Queensland with a considerable population was separated from New South Wales, producing of course an awkward break in the registrations.
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page 261 note * It may be useful to remind our readers that colonial usage applies the term “native” to the white population born in the colony, and not to the blacks, who are termed “aboriginal”.—ED. J.I.A.
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