456 



Victoria: Population, 790,492; area, 55,572,000 acres; total acreage 

 under crops in 1873-'74, 9u4:,99i), viz : In wheat, 349,970 ; in barley 

 and bere, 25,333; in oats, 110,991; in rye, 722; in pease and beans, 

 14,229 ; in maize, 1,959 ; total in cereals, 503,210 ; in potatoes, 38,349 ; 

 in tobacco, 583 ; in vineyards, 5,222; in bare fallow, GG,989 ; in grass for 

 Lay, 115,672. The total acreage in cultivation shows an increase over 

 the previous year, as well as wheat, barley, rye, maize, beans and pease, 

 and tobacco ; the others show a decrease. 



South Australia : Population, 198,257 ; area, 245,330,000 acres; total 

 acreage under crops in 1873-'74, 1,225,073, viz : In wheat, 784,784 ; in 

 barley and bere, 11,827 ; oats, 2,011 ; pease and beans, 4,295 ; total 

 cereals, 802,917 ; potatoes, 3,813 ; vineyards, 5,217 ; bare tallow, 235,210 ; 

 grass for hay, 142,107. There was an increase over the previous year in 

 total acreage, wheat, and potatoes, bare fallow and grass for hay, and a 

 decline in all the other crops. 



West Australia: Population, 25,761; area, 620,111,000 acres; total 

 acreage under crops in 1873, 51,724, viz : Wheat, 25,097 ; barley and 

 bere, 5,083; oats, 1,474; rye, 1,423; pease and beans, 52; maize, 113; 

 total cereals, 33,842 ; potatoes, 473 ; vineyards, 775 ; grass for hay, 

 millet, and sorghum, 15,941. The total acreage decreased, as also did 

 wheat, oats, and maize ; the other crops increased. 



Queensland : Population in 1872, 140,690 ; area, 433,920,000 acres ; 

 total acreage in cultivation in 1872, 02,491, viz : Wheat, 3,001 ; barley 

 and bere, 852 ; oats, 155 ; maize, 21,143 ; other grains, 211 ; total cere- 

 als, 20,022; potatoes, 2,837; cotton, 12,002; sugar-cane, 11,757; to- 

 bacco, 52 ; vineyards, 391 ; grass for hay, 5,127. 



Tasmania: Population, 104,217; area, 10,778,000; total acreage in 

 cultivation in 1873,-74, 324,105, viz : Wheat, 58,010 ; barley and bere, 

 0,440; oats, 20,750; pease and beans, 0,272; total cereals, 98,072; 

 potatoes, 7,910 ; tobacco, 13 ; bare fallow, 23,360 ; grass for hay, 20,400. 

 Of these acreages all show a decrease from the previous year, except 

 barley and bere, pease and beans, and potatoes. 



New Zealand: Population, 310,437; area, 08,000,000 acres; total 

 acreage under crops in 1872-'73, 1,410,933, viz : Wheat, 131,797 ; barley 

 and bere, 15,260 ; oats, 90,958; potatoes, 12,023; bare fallow, 120,032; 

 grass for hay, 33,588. 



Natal : Population, 289,773 ; area, 10,333,000 acres ; total acreage 

 under crops in 1872, 105,247, viz : Wheat, 1,903; barley and bere, 103 ; 

 oats, 3,418; i)ease and beans, 383; buckwheat, 51; maize, 100,304; 

 other grains, 41,469; total cereals, 147,751 ; potatoes, 3,123; cocton, 

 1,420 ; sugar-cane, 0,702 ; tobacco, 129. 



Cape of Good Hope : Population, 500,158 ; area, 128,390,000 acres ; 

 total acreage under crops in 1805, 489,754, viz : Wheat, 202,257; barley 

 and bere, 34,509; oats, 99,009; rye, 24,330; pease and beans, 8,784; 

 maize, 50,120 ; total cereals, 419,075 ; i^otatoes, 12,845 ; tobacco, 1,974 ; 

 vineyards, 16,177. 



Louisiana sugar production. — Mr. L. Bouchereau, in his Louisiana 

 sugar report for 1874-75, says that the planting season of 1874 was 

 good and the ground unusually well prepared. The early part of the 

 season was favorable to both seed-cane and stubble, but the disastrous 

 floods of April destroyed 24,713 acres of cane, which, at the rate of 1,402 

 pounds of sugar per acre, (the average yield of the tracts uninjured,) 

 would have added 31,700 hogsheads, equal to 35,329,312 pounds of 

 sugar, besides 3,209,376 gallons of molasses. The next six uaonths 

 with the exception of the first half of July, were very dry, and the 



