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of frozen meat, 177,348; of all other articles, 

 2,746,189. Of the total imports in 1898 the' 

 United Kingdom furnished 6,195,134; Australa- 

 sian colonies, 7,670,126; India, 287,829; Cey- 

 lon, 149,397; Canada, 33.745; other British 

 possessions, 265,379; the United States, 883,- 

 472; Germany, 578.298; France, 199,849; 

 Belgium, 122,236 ; Sweden and Norway, 107,- 

 833; Java and the Philippine Islands, 59,116; 

 China, 56,844; other foreign countries, 159,- 

 t.lii. Of the total exports, the United Kingdom 

 received <i, 740,420; Australasian colonies, 6,- 

 642,230; India, 509,332; Ceylon, 15,484; Can- 

 ada, 651; other British possessions, 220,731; 

 the United States, 67,561; France, 806,470; 

 Germany, 544,041; Belgium, 225,402; Java and 

 the Philippine Islands, 14,523; other foreign 

 iMiiintries, 85,401. The value of the gold raised 

 in Victoria in 1899 was 3,449,644, against 3,- 

 349,032 in 1898. The factories of the colony, hav- 

 ing a total valuation of 12,000,000, produce 

 many of the articles used by the colonists. Agri- 

 culture is developed further than in other parts 

 of Australia. The yield of wheat in 1899 was 

 19,581,000 bushels. 



Of the imports into Queensland in 1898, the 

 value of 2,757,981 came from Australasian col- 

 onies, 2,559,244 from the United Kingdom, 

 155,299 from other British possessions, 278,837 

 from the United States, and 255,905 from other 

 foreign countries. Of the exports, 6,269,090 

 went to Australasian colonies, 4,352,067 to the 

 Tinted Kingdom, 100,974 to other British pos- 

 sessions, and 133,996 to foreign countries. The 

 chief exports were gold of the value of 2,855,781 ; 

 wool, 3,018,098; sugar, 1,329,876; hides and 

 skins, 466,265; tin, 31,871; silver, 49,825; 

 copper, 6,430; peas, shelled, 109,588; frozen 

 meat, 676,698 ; preserved and salted meat, 

 265,872; meat extract, 216,640; fruit, 96,- 

 313. The gold output of 1898 was 920,048 ounces, 

 and in 1899 it was increased to 947,626 ounces. 

 The value of the coal raised in 1898 was 150,- 

 493; of tin, 36,502; of silver, 10,585. There 

 were 17,552,608 sheep, 5,571,292 cattle, 480,469 

 horses, and 127,081 hogs in the colony in 1898. 



Of the commerce of South Australia for 1898 

 the share of the other Australasian colonies was 

 3,348,622 of the imports and 3,332,286 of the 

 exports; the share of the United Kingdom, 1,- 

 974,818 of the imports and 2,306,202 of the ex- 

 ports; that of British possessions not in Australa- 

 sia, 193,829 of the imports and 565,467 of the 

 exports; that of the United States, 310,886 of 

 the imports and 915 of the exports; that of all 

 other foreign countries, 356,650 of the imports 

 and 590,904 of the exports. The export of wool 

 was 945,589 in value; wheat, 15,911; flour, 

 235,752; copper, 244,865. The wheat crop was 

 8,778,900 bushels. The value of the mineral ex- 

 ports was 350,372. There were 161,774 horses, 

 260,343 cattle, and 5,012,620 sheep in 1898. In 

 1899 there were made 1,080,772 gallons of wine, 

 of which 504,065 gallons were exported. 



Of the imports of Western Australia, 2,051,872 

 in value came from, and of the exports 2,293,652 

 went to, the United Kingdom. The export of gold 

 was 3,990,698; of pearls, about 20,000; of 

 pearl shell, 49,480; sandalwood, 31,812; of 

 timber, 326,195; of wool, 287,731; of skins, 

 44,545. The trade with other Australasian col- 

 onies was 2,743,761 of imports and 2,462,961 

 of exports; with other British possessions, 165,- 

 123 of imports and 138,692 of exports; with the 

 United States, 91,268 of imports; with other 

 countries, 189.941 of imports and 64,701 of 

 exports. The value of gold exported has increased 



from 879,748 in 1895. There were 3,069 leases 

 of gold mines in 1898, and 16,488 men were em- 

 ployed in the mines, the output of gold being 

 1,050,184 ounces. In 1900 the export of gold was 

 6,431,063 in value, bringing the total production 

 up to 20,000,000. For mining copper 27 leases 

 have been issued ; for tin mines, 2 ; for lead mines, 

 41 ; for coal mines, 63. The live stock at the 

 close of 1898 consisted of 62,442 horses, 245,907 

 cattle, and 2,244,888 sheep. 



In Tasmania, the wheat crop in 1899 was 

 2,303,512 bushels. Oats, potatoes, and hay are 

 important crops, and fruit-growing is a great in- 

 dustry, large quantities of apples and other fruits 

 being exported to the other colonies and to Eng- 

 land. The live stock in 1899 consisted of 29.797 

 horses, 148,558 cattle, 1,493,638 sheep, and 45,294 

 hogs. Iron, tin, galena, copper, gold, and coal 

 mines are worked. The value of gold exported 

 in 1898 was 188,478; of silver, 167,618; of 

 copper ore, 378,565; of tin, 141,162. The ex- 

 port of wool was 254,960 in value ; of timber and 

 bark, 60,012; of hops, 22,012; of fruit and 

 jam, 183,345. Of the total imports, 465,544 

 came from the United Kingdom, 720,684 from 

 Victoria, 273,227 from New South Wales, 

 140,158 from other British colonies, and 50,405 

 from foreign countries. Of the total exports, 

 431,518 went to the United Kingdom, 614,640 

 to Victoria, 635,110 to New South Wales, 99,- 

 948 to other British possessions, and 22,153 to 

 foreign countries. 



The exports of colonial produce from New Zea- 

 land in 1898 amounted to 10,324,988. The ex- 

 port of wool was 149,385,815 pounds, valued at 

 4,645,804; of gold, 280,175 ounces, valued at 

 1,080,691; of Kauri gum, 9,905 tons, valued at 

 586,767; of frozen meat, 1,551,773 hundred- 

 weight, valued at 1,698,750; of butter, 96,801 

 hundredweight, and of cheese, 68,711 hundred- 

 weight, valued together at 539,466; the value of 

 gi'ain, pulse, and flour, 142,066; of tallow, 

 302,141; of hides, skins, and leather, 427,256; 

 of live stock, 19,708 ; of bacon and hams, 

 8,211; of preserved meats, 97,171; of grass 

 seed, 78,519; of phormium, or New Zealand 

 hemp, 74,556 ; of other colonial produce, 623,- 

 882 ; of British and foreign produce, 124,850 ; of 

 specie, 68,117, against 19,191 of imports. The 

 gold mines of New Zealand are mostly situated on 

 Government lands. The production of gold since 

 they w r ere first opened in 1857 has been 54,- 

 453,325. The production of silver in 1898 was 

 293,851 ounces, value 33,107; of coal, 907,033 

 tons, value 453,517; of Kauri gum, 9,905 tons, 

 value 586,767. The production of gold for 1899 

 was 470,585 ounces, value 1,513,242. The wheat 

 crop for 1898 was 13,073,000 bushels, nearly 33 

 bushels to the acre; the oat crop, 16,511,000 

 bushels; the barley crop, 1,678,000 bushels. The 

 live stock in 1899 consisted of 258,115 horses, 

 1,203,024 cattle, 19,673,725 sheep, and 193,512 

 hogs. The total value of imports in 1899 was 

 8,739,633; of exports, 11,938,335. The exports 

 of dairy products were valued at 701,742; gold 

 export, 1,513.173. 



In Fiji the European settlers had 22,078 acres 

 in 1898 planted to sugar cane, 21,544 acres planted 

 to cocoanut palms, and 1,537 acres planted to 

 bananas. The export of sugar was 34.156 tons, 

 valued at 409,884; of rum, 111,088 gallons, val- 

 ued at 13,886; of copra, 6,474 tons, valued at 

 63,140; value of bananas, 25,478. 



Navigation. The number of vessels entered 

 at the ports of New South Wales <liiiii)<r 1898 

 was 3.31(5. of 3,464,867 tons, of which 2,985, of 

 3,005,748 tons, were British or colonial, and 331, of 



