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350' p., and is interesting as being the first spirit made from the 

 sugar-cane in this colony. There can be but little doubt that 

 sugar-growing will form one of our industrial occupations in the 

 course of a very few years." 



Australian Aurowroot. 



"The agriculturists in the neighbourhood of Brisbane and 

 Maryborough have furnished the Commissioners with twenty-six 

 samples of arrowroot — eight being of the white variety {Maranta 

 arundinacea) , and sixteen of the purple variety {Canna edulis). 

 Some of the samples are fully equal to the best Bermuda arrow- 

 root. As this plant grows very luxuriantly, the yield of its nu- 

 tritious farina is consequently great ; and there is every reason 

 to believe that it will become an article of considerable export to 

 the neighbouring colonies. The reasonableness of its price and 

 its very superior quality fully justify such a conclusion." 



Australian Coffee. — From the ' Brisbane Courier,' Nov. 14, 1861. 



" The sample of coffee exhibited is the produce of one tree 

 growing but a few yards from the banks of the Brisbane River. 

 We conceive this sample, although small, to be highly important, 

 since it proves the adaptability of our soil and climate to the 

 growth of the coffee-tree, and furnishes an additional illustration 

 of the capabilities of this colony." 



Australian Tobacco. — From the 'Brisbane Courier,' Nov. 14, 1861. 



" Amongst other important articles of agricultural produce, 

 Ave desire to notice the samples of tobacco, both in leaf and 

 manufactured, grown at Uockhampton j and, considering the 

 large sum (,£17,727) paid by this colony for foreign tobacco, we 

 think its cultivation here deserving the attention of our agri- 

 culturists." 



The following are from the cultivated soil of the Botanical 

 Gardens, or from the wild bush in the vicinity of Brisbane, viz, 

 "cotton, tobacco, arrowroot, rice, ginger prepared in various 

 ways, cinnamon, sarsaparilla, sugar-cane, specimens of gum and 

 bark of various kinds, and a variety of fibres. At the tables in 

 the northern half of the building are also placed the samples of 

 maize, wheat, barley, flour, tobacco in leaf (the sample grown 



