The vital statistics for 1893 place it at 52; for 1894 (Mackay district), 68.

The first six months of the Kanaka's exile are peculiarly perilous for him because of the rigors of the new climate.

The death-rate among the new men has reached as high as 180 in the 1,000.

In the Kanaka's native home his death-rate is 12 in time of peace, and 15 in time of war.

Thus exile to Queensland--with the opportunity to acquire civilization, an umbrella, and a pretty poor quality of profanity--is twelve times as deadly for him as war.