;:. \LASLL 



Australasian colonies 150.980 to 



la, 103?3 to other Brit- 



, , ,,,, ,,, .. ^ 6810,008 to 

 J-.38 1.894 to the I'nitod Si. 



k vn and (ho Philippine Island*, 

 MMi fiM&Sc t., other rountrie*. 



About Imlf the arva of ^uoonsland is forest. < f 



J.458340 acres hare been 



ml : tores are in process -f alienation. 



:t,M,485 acres still ownnl > 



The receipts from land up to the end of 1895 were 

 7,548,460, A large proportion >f t!. eased 



for pastoral purpose* under the law of iss4 allow- 

 ing 90.000 acres or less to Deselected on a lease for 

 thirty Tears. The an- -vides for the selec- 



.iral land up f .\imum of 



1,380 acre* on a lea* runnini: fiftv u the 



. C- <>f pur. hrt-ini: it UM-I- 



in 1805, aggregating 

 ~8 acres. The live -t->-k of the colony 



468,748 horses. 6322,401 cattle 

 _jtep. The cultivated area was i.". 

 acre*. The corn crop was 8 u-hels in 



There were 77^47 acre.* un 

 The gold pr-niu. ! of 1805 was 681,682 ounces. Tin 

 was prodiuvd of the value of IV.s.lM: copper. ' 

 097 ; silver, 80,042 ; opals, 8 J 



its in 1805 were p>ld. of the value of 

 2.278,10!' 681,824; wool, l-J.H'.H.-li::: -uirar. 



796.117: h.des and skins. C4r><i.5<n; : til 

 Silver. .ill shells. f71.- 



856; preserved and salted m 180; tr../.-n 



meat, 588.409; me.. reen fruit, 



58,555. The trade is chielly with (Jn-at Britain 

 ami the other Australian colonies. The inr 



tho f nited States were valued at i'130,885. 

 In S.uth Australia th- 



cultivate! in 1803, of which 1.7:52.711 acres 

 under wheat. The wheat crop of 1804 was 13.' 

 062 bushels. The live stock consisted of 181 

 horses. 828,602 cat tie. an' i pin i -..-.. 



There were 112,762 square mile- l.-a-ed in pastoral 

 runs. There was 266.404 worth of copper pro- 

 duced and exported in 1805. The export of wool in 

 1895 was 1.4::- vhmt. i44">.tr,i : of flour, 



892.: : | 



were 241,886 in value; exports to the fnited 



In Western Australia agriculture and stock rais- 

 ing have made great progress, as well a- minim:. 

 Tho land under cultivation in 1805 wa- 'J 

 ens, a minute fraction of the surface of the "!- 

 which embraces 624,588,800 acres. The live 

 rtmk comprised 58.506 horses, 200.<i'.'l cattle, and 

 2^95382 sheep. The ,-hi.-f < rop is wheat, of which 

 8 bushels are raised to the acre. There are silver, 

 copper, lead, tin. and coal mines, as we 

 -. The gold exp-rt mcn-a-ed fr.i:. 

 ^02 to 421,888 in 1803, 7H7.0!4 in 1804, 

 879,748 in 1895, and 1,068308 in 1806. The ex- 

 port of marls in 1895 was val,. 

 shells, 27,298; sandal wood, 80368 ; timber. 

 146; wool. ' 



In Tasmania the land s 



amon : 11.074 acres. The unalienated land, 



embracing 10^60.426 acres, not c,,, m ni._ 

 acres of lakes and islands, is mostly heavily tim- 

 bered and contains valuable minerals. The area 

 under crops in 1896 was 2 res; under 



gam -. Bl.'.'T" ...-.,: - .. : .- -. .;.;i..o:;;, 



acres; plants! with fruit tre S 11.037 acres. The 

 yield of wheat in I*M; w^ 1.11 

 to tho acre : of oats, 906,984 bushel- 

 of potatoes, 81.428 tons, 4*23 to the aero : ..f hay. 

 O34' . -re. l^arge quant it 



fniit are ex|or -. were 510.^7 J.uheN f ,f 



apples gathered. The hop product was 543,650 



|H.iinds. Thel; 



;.. ami 70.14'J h..-s. 



h in gold, iron, tin, copper, silveri 



lead, and "coal. Tl, - . \\.t- 



v !7,ftlO; of i 



timlx II : of 



: of green and pi-.-.-rxi-d fruit. 



of acres, the total 



land. | hail IM-I-M alienated up to 



Apn, kbol two thirds of the >urlace .f the 



..tun- and gr.* 

 Abou- ii umler ' 



'.<KX) acres are l.arn-n mountain, lake-, and 

 wastelands. There wen -.\\n to 



l^'.'C,. and a total area uml< 



S800 acres. The pul.lic lan.N l.-ased for \ 



ral purpo.scs amounted res. The 



cr..|. of ISJMJ was 6,644,000 Inish. 

 ing nearly 28 to the acre. Of. 1.11^1,- 



els were grown, orer w to the acre. Tin- live 



-ted of 237. Us horse,. I.IU;.!HI| caltl< 



60 >heep. ami The values Of 



the prinripal exports in 1- \\ ool, '- 



i::i : fro/en meat, 61,26 !. 61,168 



Imtter and cheese. :J7H.r>K; hi. I.-, skin-, and 



leath- 554; Kauri pun. : ; ,llow. 



-rain and lion- : timl.er. l'1-Jl.- 



prewrired meat, f(j;. 



New Xcnlaiid hemp, or phoriuium. f.'l.'i |n : |j\v 

 anim .> ; hams and Tin- 



export of wool was 1 1 1 .*'.">. 1">1 p.-iind-: of i 

 meat. l.ov).VJi:5 hundredweight ; of lui- 

 hundredweight : nf cheese, 55,655 hundredweight : 

 iri uuiii. H.338 tons. 



Of the total imports. I ame from the 



United Kinu'doiii. fl/JJl. !,." Iroin Australian colo- 

 nies, ' from the rnited 8t 

 from Pacific isla 8,185 from India an-: 

 Ion, t:{s.r,U| tn.m China. LTJ.I7I fn.in Mauritius, 

 and i'ls.V)7s from other countries, of t 

 67,045,646 went to the rnit.-d Kin-do: 



. Australia, 316.63!) to the 

 llj:...i:; to Pacific islands, and 26,543 to other 

 oount 



N;n iirjitinn. Tl BN irew :?.PJl veseli 



itcre.l during 1 S J"> at the port- ol 

 South Wales. 'J.900, of 2,60U;r,l tons, l.cin- l',riti-h 

 and v :,. The total nmul.er 



tons, of which 2 

 of2,6in.:,lo t,, MS were liriti-h and 2M. 



tons forci-n. llie shipping registered in the col- 

 ony c.impri--d -17!> -ailin. .' tons, 

 and J^." -t.-am. M-. having heen in- 

 creased during the year l.y i:{ sniliiu: ve-s, 



The numl<>r of vess<-ls entered at \"i<-torian : 

 durin .s 1,048, c.f tons of which 



408, of 889389 tons, 



1.06.Y'.- -iial: th.- nunilier cleared 



uhi.-h :is. ol 



P.ritish and l.:!l0. of 1. nil. :.'.-, tons, 

 colonial. The shippin- rei:i-tered in the colony 



ressels, of 41^25 tons, and 



1 ":'. ML 



In (^uecnxland 54 vi-s-eN. ,,f Mil. 710 ton-. 

 enter 195 ton-, cleared during the 



The shipping of the oolonj consisted "f i ; >7 



and !>2 steamers, of 

 iriclndirif riv. 



There u . tons, m- 



and 1.110. <.f 1 <n\\\h 



alian |ort<. The -hippint:of this colon 



essels, of 17.71") tons, ;nd 4 JM 

 us. In Western Austral 



vessels, of were entered and 4-'>'->. of 



:<i tons, cleared in the course of IKtf. The 



