Chapter 245 Annual Report Meeting on New Year's Day

However, after a period of adaptation, the soldiers' accuracy has obviously improved.

Several shells hit the fixed area in succession, 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 contact such a warship. It was very good to be able to master it at such a short speed.

This time they came out in a hurry, otherwise they could prepare a scrapped fishing boat to test the destructive power of the artillery.

However, the power of the 283mm main gun produced in Germany has long been tested. Although it is not as powerful as the firepower of the dreadnought battleship, it ranks among the top among the current old battleships.

In general, this test made General Makarov very satisfied. General Makarov even secretly decided that if the domestic finances were rich, he must push the Navy Department to continue to purchase the Monarch-class battleships of Australasia.

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

If the Pacific Fleet is equipped with two Monarch-class battleships, the island nation's navy will never be a match for the Russian Navy, at least until the number of dreadnoughts reaches a balance.

After a brief stay in Australasia for a few days, General Makarov returned to the Far East on the grounds of busy 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 Peter Pavlovsk, so that they can form combat effectiveness faster after the battleship is delivered in the future.

After the war, all departments in Australasia were very busy. After all, it was approaching the end of 1907, which also meant that the annual government annual summary was coming.

Although many positions were still familiar faces, the biggest government prime minister had been replaced, which also meant that this government was a new government, and the new government also needed to show their achievements to prove that they were not worse than the previous government.

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

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

At present, there is basically nothing too important in Australasia that requires Arthur to make decisions personally. 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 themselves.

This also leads to Arthur having plenty of free time to accompany his family to appreciate flowers, see the scenery, and travel throughout Australasia.

Because Arthur's royal consortium's current assets have already exceeded 300 million pounds, Arthur can get tens of millions of pounds of net income every year even if he does nothing.

Nothing makes people feel more relaxed than this leisurely and leisurely life, at least Arthur thinks so.

Of course, the communication between Arthur and Queen Mary has never decreased. Every night Arthur will experience the scenery of two peaks and a canyon, as well as lush forests and light and pleasant bird calls.

At present, the war is over, and Australasia will enter a relatively stable period of development.

In addition, Arthur's position is stable, and there is no need to engage in intrigue with the government.

This also makes Arthur 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 crown prince of a country is still very important for the stability of the country. Even though Arthur is still very young, the heir must be put on the agenda.

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

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

European countries still attach great importance to New Year's Day, and each country has different New Year's Day customs.

Most of the Australasians are British immigrants, so the New Year's Day in Australasia is more British.

If you are in the countryside of Australasia, you can see people rushing to the well to fetch water on this day. This is also the custom of the British on New Year's Day, fetching well water.

According to British customs, it is generally believed that the first person to get 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 getting 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 basically in short supply.

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

However, Arthur and the cabinet officials were not so lucky.

Because the previous data statistics took too long, the government's annual report meeting originally scheduled for December 31, 1907 was 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 New Year's Day rest time.

Fortunately, if the report meeting could be held faster, we could still return before night and catch the evening celebration.

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

At eight o'clock in the morning, when there was cheering all over Australasia, the annual report meeting of the cabinet government officially began.

The meeting was postponed for one day, which was also good for cabinet officials. They also had more time to sort out the materials in their hands and seriously think about Arthur's possible questions and answers.

Of course, the most critical 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 political achievements in the next year.

After a period 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. Instead, it promoted the development of Australasia's military industry.

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 ministers of various departments gave detailed speeches.

First of all, in the industrial sector, Australasia's industrial growth has not slowed down and remains at a relatively high level.

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

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

At present, Australasia's annual iron production has reached more than 1.5 million tons, and its annual steel production has reached 1.03 million tons.

Australasia's industrial scale is currently first-class among the great powers, and has long surpassed 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 insufficient basic industries.

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

Compared with the previous year, the number of industrial zones in Australasia has not increased. However, the number of workers in industrial zones has increased by more than 30,000, and the number of indigenous people in industrial zones has also increased by tens of thousands.

With so many indigenous people working, it is impossible for the industry not to flourish.

Of course, this can only happen if Australasia has sufficient mineral resources.

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

After obtaining Timor, Australasia has seen a significant increase in the reserves of gold, manganese, chromium, tin and copper.

In addition to the rich mineral resources in Australasia, 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 mine first.

The population of Australasia has also seen a significant increase. At present, the mainstream immigrants in Australasia are British, German and Russian immigrants, accounting for 31%, 30% and 27% of the total annual immigrants respectively.

The number of immigrants from these three countries alone is as high as 400,000 per year. In addition to immigrants from other countries, the total number of immigrants in Australasia in 1907 has exceeded 450,000.

In addition to immigrants, the local newborn population is also a major factor in population growth.

The government's various policies to encourage population growth led to a surge in the local population of Australasia in 1907.

Of course, in addition to the promulgation of various policies to encourage childbirth, the growth of per capita income is also an important reason for the large population growth.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in 1907, more than 183,000 newborns were born in Australasia and more than 30,000 people died.

Adding the number of immigrants, the total population of Australia increased by more than 600,000 in 1907.

This also made the population of Australasia jump from 6.55 million at the beginning of 1907 to 7.15 million.

Currently, among all the people in Australasia, 73% are of British descent, 14% are of German descent, 9% are of Russian descent, and the rest are from other European countries.

Because the British are the mainstream, when Arthur proposed the concept of the Australian nation, there was not much opposition, or even very little.

This also led many immigrants from Europe to be more willing to accept the concept of the Australasia nation, after all, their own ethnic proportions are not dominant.

In addition, the various welfare policies in Australasia are all aimed at the Australasian people, which has forced many people to admit that they are Australasians.

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