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For its Pearl fisheries in the North-West, the State has long been famous, and the value of 

 the export of pearls and shell in 1910 was £348,911. 



The industries hitherto mentioned are already on a sound basis, and while many of them 

 will expand and continuously afford openings for the employment of capital and labour, 

 perhaps the most attractive opportunities are now presented for investment in secondary 

 avocations arising out of the rapid growth of the primary pursuits. A striking example is 

 that of the wool industry, in connection with which it should prove profitable to start mills, 

 as has been done successfully in the Eastern States, for the manufacture of clothing. At the 

 present time, over a million pounds' worth of " Apparel and Textiles " are imported into the 

 State every year, and with the large annual increase of wool production already referred to, 

 there should be wide opportunities for making woollen goods within the State. 



The extension of Wheat-growing opens up a field for a number of secondary industries and 

 trades. Already Messrs. Cuming, Smith & Co. and the Mount Lyell Mining Company, two 

 large Eastern firms, have established works for the manufacture of Superphosphates, the 

 principal fertiliser used by the Western Australian farmers, within the State, and that the 

 demand for fertilisers is quickly rising the following figures of imports demonstrate : — In 1906, 

 13,511 tons of fertilisers were imported into the State ; in 1907, 12,182 tons ; in 1908, 20,351 

 tons ; 1909, 21,065 tons ; 1910, 34,722 tons. It is probable that the trade in this commodity 

 will so increase as to justify the establishment of other works of a similar character to those 

 already in existence. 



But this is not the only secondary industry which is likely to be sstablished as a result of 

 the spread of Wheat cultivation. In Western Australia, as in the other Australian States, 

 Wheat-growing is carried out with the aid of highly-specialised machinery, and liltle of this 

 is at the present time manufactured wthin the State. For the nine months ended September 30 

 last, agricultural and horticultural implements to the value of £91,026 were imported from 

 other parts of the Commonwealth, and £47,762 worth from overseas. There is no reason 

 why a large part of this machinery should not be made in Western Australia. The Govern- 

 ment specially encourages local manufacture, and has provided in the Agricultural Bank Act 

 that sums to the amount of £100 in each instance may be advanced to settlers, on approved 

 blocks, for the " purchase of agricultural machinery manufactured in Western Australia," 

 while an amendment is now proposed for the increase, in approved cases, of the amount so 

 advanced. This manufacture also enjoys the benefit of the Commonwealth protective tariff 

 against overseas competition. 



The rise of such trades and industries on the spot is inevitable with the development of 

 primary production, and the investor who enters the field now will have a great advantage 

 over those who come in later. 



In connection with Fruit-growing, there are two distinct avenues open for the employment 

 of capital. There is first the production of the fruit itself. A very wide area of country in the 

 South- West, comprising altogether many millions of acres, is suitable for the production of 

 fruit, among other uses to which it may be put. Apples, grapes, pears, oranges, cherries and 

 nearly every variety of fruit raised in the temperate zones may be grown at their best in Western 

 Australia, and already Western Australian apples and grapes are obtaining consistently the 

 highest prices in Covent Garden Market. Western Australian fruit has also sold well on the 

 Continent, and it is likely that a trade will be opened up shortly with India, a sample shipment 

 having been very favourably received in various Indian centres. For men with a moderate 

 amount of capital there is an excellent opportunity for investment in this direction. 



The second field for the employment of capital in connection with the fruit industry is in 

 the manufacture of jams, preserves, &c., and in the secondary treatment of fruit generally. 

 At the present time, the State imports jams, jellies, &c., to the annual value of £150,000, or 

 over 10s. a head of the population. 



So far as the occupation of land for cultivation is concerned, the terms offered by the 

 Government are perhaps the most liberal in the world, and as there are vast areas still to be 

 settled, the outlook before both primary and secondary industries is exceedingly bright. It 

 would, indeed, be difficult to rival in any State in a similar stage of development the opportuni- 

 ties afforded for the remunerative employment of capital and labour that are now presented 

 by Western Australia. Endowed by nature with a mild and benign climate, the State of 

 Western Australia, especially in the fertile and well- watered South- West, is providing and 

 will provide thousands of happy homes for British people who are building up a new and 

 brighter Britain beyond the Seas. 



