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VIEW IN THE TASMAN PENINSULA. 



ter, have become considerable in several of the 

 Australasian colonies. The exports of frozen meat 

 from New Zealand were much larger in 1895 than 

 in previous years owing to the demand in England 

 for lamb. The cattle-raising industry has made 

 most progress in Queensland. In 1896 a plague 

 appeared among the herds and spread from that 

 colony to others. This was the tick insect, which 

 eats its way into the vital parts of the animal, 

 causing the destruction of entire herds. It even 

 lives and lays its eggs in salted meats and hides, 

 and is thus spread from one district to another. 



Western Australia exported 115,182 of gold in 

 1891; in 1892, 226,284; in 1893, 421,385; in 

 1894, 787,099. Victoria's exports of gold, mostly 

 specie, were 2.641,443 in 1891 ; 1,848,948 in 1892; 

 2,851,179 in 1893; and 3,718,675 in 1894. New 

 South Wales in 1894 exported 1,975,573 of gold 

 coin. The export of gold from Queensland in 1894 

 was 2,381,916. Tasmania exported 212,929 of 

 gold. New Zealand's gold exports fell off from 

 1,007,488 in 1891 to 887,865 in 1894. The 7 

 Australasian colonies produced 2.350,562 ounces of 

 gold in 1895, compared with 2,239,764 ounces in 

 1894. 



Besides wool and gold, the principal exports from 

 New South Wales in 1894 were : Tallow. 1,146,528 ; 

 coal, 815,435 ; hides and skins, 565,331 ; leather, 

 241,848 ; preserved and frozen meat, 413,448. In 

 addition to these, New South Wales tin was im- 

 ported by Great Britain to the amount of 259,134 ; 

 silver ore, 854,210 ; and copper, 129,526. 



Victoria's exports consist largely of manufac- 

 tured articles and re-exports. Live stock was ex- 



ported in 1894 to the amount of 282,045 ; leather 

 and leathern cloth, 223,749; tallow, 281,979; 

 apparel, 85,622 ; breadstuff s, 961,032 ; sugar, 

 principally refined in Victoria, 138,070 ; miscel- 

 laneous articles, 3,321.506. 



The export of wheat from South Australia in 

 1890 was 1,382,418 in value, and the flour export 

 613,823. In the next two years the value of the 

 wheat exported fell off to 326,613, while flour was 

 exported to the amount of 599,022. In the two 

 years succeeding, the value of wheat exports rose 

 again to 741,912 in 1894, when the flour export 

 was valued at 327,638. 



Queensland produces other valuable minerals be- 

 sides gold. In 1894 there were 2,871 tons of tin 

 mined, valued at 102,277 ; 183.158 ounces of silver, 

 of the value of 22.077 ; besides copper, lead, bis- 

 muth, antimony, and 12,000 worth of gems. The 

 export of copper in that year was 18,134; of silver, 

 96,492 ; of pearl shell, 95.355. The export of sugar 

 was valued at 886,834. There is a large trade with 

 England in meat products. The export of frozen 

 meat in 1894 was 498,652 ; of preserved and salted 

 meat, 259,416; of meat extract. 40.886; of hides 

 and skins, 270,207; of tallow, 468.320. The ex- 

 port of green fruit amounted to 32,682. 



Western Australia exported in 1894, in addition 

 to gold and wool, pearls of the value of 25,000 ; 

 pearl shell, 37,805; timber, 74,804; and skins, 

 14,775. There is a species of eucalyptus the wood 

 of which is greatly valued in Europe for paving 

 blocks. The total imports in'to Western Australia 

 in 1895 amounted to 3,774,951, and exports to 

 1,334,432. 



