578 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 
Killed each Y 2 Sh d :26 
Cattle es head of tie SOT EG En). At End of each Year. 
Year, 
Sheep. Cattle. Sheep. | Cattle. 
| 
1889 5,966 775 90,068 | 9,080 
| 
1890 | 6,144 799 101,988 | 10,037 
1891 6,330 823 115,983 | 11,220 
| 
1892 6,520 848 132,623 | 12,612 
From these figures it is ascertained that after, making what 
appear to be ample deductions for the numbers dying naturally 
and for the food supply of the increasing population of Australia, 
there will be a large possible increase from year to year in the 
numbers not only of the sheep—which Mr. Coghlan admits— 
but also of the cattle, and that the possible raze of increase, as 
well as the possible increase zz xumbers of both descriptions of 
stock during each year, is in every case larger than it was in the 
year which preceded it, so that there is no danger of either sheep 
or cattle falling short. The figures are as follows :— 
PossiBLE INCREASE OF SHEEP AND CATTLE, 1889 To 1892. 
(000’s OMITTED.) 
| Sheep. Cattle. 
Year. | aern) 
Number. Percentage. Number. Percentage. 
1889 10,040 12°55 858 10°50 
1890 11,870 13°18 1,007 11°15 
1891 14,045 13°78 1,183 11°79 
1892 16,640 14°35 1,392 12°41 
I use the word “possible” instead of “probable” advisedly, 
for it is not at all likely such increases will actually take place, 
as the numbers will be kept down by the slaughtering of lambs 
and calves, by the spaying of heifers, and by exportations. But 
should the surplus at any time be nearly overtaken by the food 
requirements of the population, the price of meat will of course 
rise, and these practices will at once cease. 
With the fresh country which is continually being discovered 
and opened up, there will, I believe, be pasturage to maintain any 
increase in the numbers of live stock which is likely to take place 
