Rise of Australia

Chapter 245 Annual Report Meeting on New Year's Day

Fortunately, after a period of adaptation, the soldiers' accuracy improved significantly.

Several shells hit fixed areas one after another, which also made General Makarov's face very bright.

Although the hit rate of the shells was a bit low before, after all, it was the first time for the soldiers to come into contact with such a warship, and it was already very good to be able to master it at such a short speed.

He came out in a hurry this time, otherwise he could have prepared a scrapped fishing boat to test the destructive power of the artillery.

However, the power of the 283mm main gun produced in Germany has already been tested. Although it is not as powerful as the battleship Dreadnought, it is among the best among the current old battleships.

In general, General Makarov is very satisfied with this test, and even General Makarov has secretly decided that if the domestic finances are rich, he must push the Ministry of the Navy to continue to purchase Australasian Sovereign-class weapons. battleship.

Only new battleships of this level will play a decisive role in future naval battles.

If the Pacific Squadron is equipped with two Sovereign-class battleships, the island navy can never be an opponent of the Russian Navy, at least until the number of dreadnoughts is balanced.

After a brief stay in Australasia for a few days, General Makarov returned to the Far East on the grounds that he was busy with official duties.

Of course, the Russian naval soldiers brought by General Makarov did not return. Their next task was to familiarize themselves with all the equipment and equipment of the battleship on the battleship Petropavlovsk, so that after the battleship was delivered in the future, they could Form combat power faster.

After the war, all sectors of Australasia were busy.After all, the time is approaching the end of 1907, which also means that the annual government annual summary is coming.

Although many positions are still familiar faces, the prime minister of the largest government has changed, which also means that this government is a new one, and the new government also needs to show their achievements to prove that they are no better than the previous ones. The government is doing poorly.

Especially the new Prime Minister Walter and the two new ministers, they need to show their achievements and abilities, after all, it is also related to whether they can be re-elected in the next cabinet government.

Compared with these busy cabinet officials, Arthur's life is obviously much easier.

At present, there are basically no important matters in Australasia that need to be decided by Arthur himself. On the basis of the development goals that have been set, the ministers of various departments only need to make detailed plans and implement them.

This also led to Arthur having plenty of free time to accompany his family to enjoy the flowers, look at the scenery, and play in the whole of Australasia.

Because the current assets of Arthur's royal consortium have already exceeded [-] million pounds, this has caused Arthur to earn tens of millions of pounds in net income every year even if he does nothing.

There is nothing more relaxing than this leisurely life, at least Arthur thinks so.

Of course, the communication between Arthur and Queen Mary has not diminished. Every night Arthur will experience the scenery of two peaks and a canyon, as well as the lush forest and the light and joyful singing of birds.

Now that the war is over, Australasia will also enter a period of relatively stable development.

Coupled with Arthur's stable status, there is no need to engage in intrigue with the government at all.

This also led Arthur to have enough mood and time to explore the human origin plan and breed an excellent heir for himself and the royal family.

After all, the prince of the country is still very important to the stability of the country.Even though Arthur is still very young, an heir must be on the agenda.

After spending more than a month happily and easily in this way, the time quietly came to 1908.

On January 1908, 1, the time came to New Year's Day.

European countries still pay more attention to New Year's Day, and countries also have different New Year's Day customs.

Australasians are mostly made up of British immigrants, so New Year's Day in Australasia is also more British.

If you are located in the countryside of Australasia, you can see people scrambling to get water from wells on this day. This is also the custom in the UK on New Year's Day, digging well water.

According to the customs of the British, it is generally believed that the first person to hit the well water on New Year's Day is a happy person, and the first bucket of water is also called auspicious water.

In addition to the custom of digging well water, the British also like to have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard before New Year's Day.

It is generally believed that if there is no wine and meat left before New Year's Day, the new year will be a poor year.

Therefore, it can be seen that before New Year's Day, wine and meat in Australasia are very popular, and the supply is basically in short supply.

After all, in addition to the tradition of remaining wine and meat, the celebration and food on New Year's Day are also a major reason for the consumption of wine and meat.

But Arthur and the cabinet officials were not so lucky.

Because the previous data statistics took too long, the government's annual report meeting originally planned to be held on December 1907, 12, was also forced to be postponed to the next day, which is the first day of the new year.

After all, government affairs are the most important, so cabinet officials and Arthur can only be forced to give up the rest time on New Year's Day.

But fortunately, if the report meeting can be held sooner, we can still return before the evening and catch up with the evening celebration.

In order not to delay the celebration at night, Arthur directly placed the meeting place in the conference room of the Sydney Palace. After the meeting, he could go to the banquet hall to reunite with his family.

At eight o'clock in the morning, amid the cheers from all over Australasia, the Cabinet Government's annual report meeting officially began.

The one-day postponement of the meeting is also good for the cabinet officials. They also get more time to sort out the materials in their hands and seriously think about Arthur's possible questions and answers.

Of course, the most important thing is the next plan. The rationality of the plan and the degree of completion of the plan are also important factors that determine their performance in the next year.

After a while of useless nonsense and opening remarks, the reports of various departments officially began.

Prime Minister Walter took the lead in summarizing that although a war broke out in the second half of the year, this war had no impact on the development of Australasia, but instead promoted the development of the military industry in Australasia.

Prime Minister Walter's summary can be condensed into one sentence, that is, as before, all walks of life in Australasia are booming.

After the general summary, the next step is the detailed speeches of the ministers of various departments.

The first is the industrial sector. Australasia's industrial growth has not slowed down and remains at a relatively high level.

Of course, this also depends on the current nationwide construction in Australasia and the credit of the Benz Automobile Factory.

Whether it is various constructions across the country or the Benz Automobile Plant, a large amount of steel is consumed every year.

At present, the annual iron production in Australasia has reached just over 150 million tons, and the annual steel production has also reached [-] million tons.

The industrial scale of Australasia is already first-class under the big powers, and has already surpassed the second-rate European countries such as the Netherlands and Portugal.

More importantly, because of the support from Germany, Australasia has gradually made up for the shortcomings of the lack of basic industries.

There has also been considerable progress in the chemical industry. At present, Australasia already has dozens of chemical plants.

Compared to the previous year, the number of industrial areas in Australasia did not increase.However, the number of workers in the industrial zone has increased by more than 3, and the number of indigenous people in the industrial zone has also increased by tens of thousands.

With so many natives working, it's impossible for industry not to flourish.

Of course, this is only possible if Australasia has sufficient mineral resources.

If Australasia does not have sufficient mineral resources, even with a population of hundreds of millions, it is doomed not to have a large industrial scale.

After obtaining Timor, Australasia ushered in a considerable increase in the reserves of gold, manganese, chromium, tin, and copper.

Coupled with the rich mineral resources possessed by Australasia itself, the trouble of other countries is the lack of mineral resources, while the trouble of Australasia is that the resources are too widely distributed, and it is not known where to prioritize mining.

The population of Australasia has also ushered in considerable growth.At present, the mainstream immigrants in Australasia are British, German and Russian immigrants, accounting for 30.00%, 30.00% and 20.00% of the total annual immigrants respectively.

The number of immigrants from these three countries alone is as high as 40 per year.Together with immigrants from other countries, the total number of immigrants in Australasia in 1907 had exceeded 45.

In addition to immigration, the local new population is also a major factor in population growth.

The government's various policies to encourage population births led to a blowout growth in the native population of Australasia in 1907.

Of course, in addition to promulgating various policies to encourage births, the increase in per capita income is also an important reason for the large population growth.

According to statistics from the Ministry of People's Livelihood, in 1907 Australasia had more than 18 births and more than 3000 deaths.

Combined with the number of immigrants, the total population increase in Australia in 1907 exceeded 60 people.

This also allowed the population of Australasia to jump from 1907 million in early 6505 to 7105 million.

At present, among the total population of Australasia, British descent accounts for 70.00%, German descent accounts for 14.00%, Russian descent accounts for [-]%, and the rest is the population from other European countries.

Because the British are the mainstream, when Arthur proposed the concept of Australia as a nation, there were not many voices of opposition, or even very small ones.

This has also caused many immigrants from Europe to be more willing to accept the concept of Australasia as a nation, after all, their own ethnicity is not dominant.

In addition, various welfare policies in Australasia are aimed at the Australasian people, which also makes many people have to admit that they are Australasians.

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