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At least as far as Charters Towers, along the Northern 

 Railway, and as far as Barcaldine around the Central 

 Railway, it would be possible to cultivate sufficient fruit 

 not only for the settlers' own use, but for a supply to the 

 far West. There is a possibility for much more fruit and 

 vegetable growing ; there could be gro\Mi m.any plants 

 hardly cultivated as yet. Arochis hypogaea, date palm, 

 and plenty others would be worth trying. 



It seem-S strange for a visitor to see how European 

 fruits are cultivated in Queensland on localities where 

 they cannot do well, but where it is easy to grow any amount 

 of excellent tropical fruit. Once being in the tropics, 

 it is best to adapt ourselves to them, to take tropical fruit, 

 to adapt the houses to the tropical climate, etc. I was 

 always wondering how little are estimated the yams, 

 which can be growTi to perfection, and which are surely 

 more valuable than pumpkins. 



Notwithstanding all this, marvellous progress can be 

 observed in agriculture, and no doubt, with the increasing 

 population, we may expect still more improvement. 



And last I must express my thanks, not only to the 

 authorities who helped me in a most efi'ective and kind 

 way to carry out my plans, but to everybody whom I had 

 the pleasure to meet, and Avhose hospitality was often a 

 great help in rather rough conditions of climate and country. 

 I regard it, with my friend, Dr. Danes, as a pleasant duty 

 to give our own people good information about the 

 possibilities for immigrants in Queensland, and it would 

 be only a pleasure to me if many of our agricultural people 

 would come to your prosperous and hospitable State. 



