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2.2 per cent., from wine culture; 4,500,000 florins, 1.6 per cent., from 
fruit, and 4,500,000 florins, 1.6 per cent., from horticulture. From pro- 
ducts of forests, 10,000,000 florins, 3.6 per cent. From mines and peat- 
beds, 3,500,000 florins, 1.2 per cent. From increase in the value of raw 
materials, by manufacturing, 120,000,000, 43.5 per cent.; by domestic 
trade, 6,600,000 florins, 2.2 per cent.; by railroads and mails, 5,000,000. 
florins, 1.8 per cent. ; and from rents of capitals, 5,000,000 florins, 1.8 per 
cent.; total, 276,000,000 florins. 
It will be seen from the above that nearly 90 per cent. of the annual 
production of the people is derived from rural and manufacturing indus- 
tries, and that the laboring force of the country is pretty nearly equally 
divided between these two: that is, on the assumption that the average 
profit is the same with the two classes. Considering those engaged in 
agritulture as producers, and those in manufactures as consumers of 
their products, this is probably the best division that could be to pro- 
mote the interests of the two classes and the steady prosperity of the 
whole kingdom. 
THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. 
Mr. T. Adamson, jr., United States consul at Victoria, furnishes in- 
formation concerning the agriculture of that British colony, situated in 
the southeastern portion of Australia. It occupies an arrear of 80,944 
square miles, being about the size of the State of Minnesota. The fol- 
lowing particulars respecting its agricultural and commercial condition, 
resources, and prospects, are gathered from a report for the year end- 
ing November 18, 1871, and are to be understood as not referring to a 
later date except when so specified. The population now numbers 
729,654; among whom there are 70,960 more males than females; 
17,770 Chinamen, 43 Chinese females, and 879 aborigines. In 1851, the 
year in which gold was discovered in the colony, the number of inhabit- 
ants was only 77,245. Immigration has been stimulated not only by 
the allurements of gold, but by a provision of the government through 
which resident immigrants could procure for relatives and friends de- 
sirous of following them, passes, in some instances free, and in others 
at greatly reduced rates; it being thought that this would both promote 
the re-union of families and secure a better class of immigrants. Of 
late free passes have been furnished only to unmarried young women, 
and a growing opposition to State appropriations for immigrant pas- 
sage-money has for several years occasioned an annual diminution in 
the amount, and is likely to soon put an end to them. 
Of the total area, 55,644,160 acres, 11,497,066 acres have been alien- 
ated from the Crown by sale or appropriation for roads and other publie 
purposes, and 27,370,340 acres are rented until wanted for settlement, 
under “pastoral licenses” from the Crown, at an aggregate annual ren- 
tal of £168,000. In 1869 a law was passed which, under certain condi- 
tions, gives the right of “free selection” of land before it is surveyed, 
in all parts of the territory not yet appropriated. For land thus selected 
or “ located,” the annual rent is two shillings per acre; but this is allowed 
as a part of the purchase-money in case the renter buys the selected 
lot; and he gains a title in fee-simple at the end of five years from the time 
of selecting, provided he complies with certain conditions relating to resi- 
dence, improvements, &c. Just what those conditions are, and how large 
a quantity he is permitted to “select,” we are notinformed. As might 
be anticipated, the policy which confers the right of free selection and 
incipient title, and that by which stock and wool-growers hold lands 
