PRESIDENTS AUDHESS. SECTION GH. 



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oi" it is under crop. But, taking the whole area of the State, only 1 

 out of every 255. Of the alienated area of West Australia only one 

 twenty-seventh is cultivated; and of the total area of the State only 

 1 out of every 1,261 acres. Even in Tasmania only 1 out of every 22 

 acres alienated is under crop ; and only 1 out of every 68 of the whole 

 State. In New Zealand only 1 out of every 15 acres of the alienated 

 area is cultivated ; and of the whole Dominion only 1 out of every 

 366. 



The total area of Australasia — i.e., the Australian Commonwealth 

 and New Zealand— is 1,970,593.280 acres, of which 152,971.121 acres 

 are alienated. The area under crops is 11,161,395, representing only 

 1 out of every 176 acres of the whole area, and 1 out of every 14 acres 

 alienated. Apart from the fact that only a small portion of the 

 alienated area of Australasia is imder the plough, there is in each 

 State of the Commonwealth a very large area of Crown lands under 

 occupation by lease. It is certain that some of this also is suitable 

 for cultivation. 



The area of Crown lands under lease in each State is as follows: — 



New South Wales 

 Victoria 

 Queensland 

 South Australia 

 West Australia 

 Tasmania 



Commonwealth 



Acres. 



124,237,000 

 16,637,000 

 247,059,000 

 204,696,000 

 155,528,000 

 1,344,320 



746,501,320 



Tlie following taVjle shows for each State and for the whole 

 Commonwealth (1) what proportion of the total area is alienated or 

 in process of alienation, (2) what proportion of it is under Crown 

 lands occupany, and (3) what proportion of it is unoccupied : — 



The estimated value of the production from agrarian industries 

 for the Commonwealth of Australia for the year 1906 is given by Mr. 

 Knibbs as follows : — n 



Agricukural 25,349,000 



Pastoral 45,389,000 



Dairying, poultry, bees, &c. ... ... 13,611,000 



Total £84,349,000 



