PROPORTION OF BIRTHS TO WOMEN AT THE REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES, 1891.

	Number of Births.	Women living between 15 and 45 Years of Age.
1. New Zealand	18273 or 1 birth to every	7.19
2. Victoria	38,505(1) or 1 birth to every	6.82
3. South Australia	10737 or 1 birth to every	6.41
4. Tasmania	4971 or 1 birth to every	6.15
5. New South Wales	39458 or 1 birth to every	6.07
6. Queensland	14715 or 1 birth to every	5.40
7. Western Australia	1786 or 1 birth to every	5.12