LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Faces 

 pa^je 

 THE REiD MINISTRY, 1895 C — (Frontispiece) 



SYDNEY AND HARBOUR FROM THE NORTH SHORE. 



TEMPORARY HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, SYDNEY ... ... ... ... 10 



THE LANDS OFFICE, SYDNEY ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 



SYDNEY EXCHANGE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 45 



CIRCULAR QUAY, FROM NORTH .SYDNEY ... ... ... ... ... 52 



CIRCULAR QUAY, FROM CUSTOM HOUSE ... ... ... ... ... 54 



M'ARTHUR AND CO.'S WAREHOUSE, SYDNEY ... ... ... ... 64 



A LOAD OF WOOL ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 66 



DIAGRAM SHOWING FLUCTUATIONS IN PRICES OF WOOL, 1883-1896 ... ... 68 



WINCHGOMBE, CARSON, AND CO.'s WOOL SHOWROOM, PYKMONT, SYDNEY ... 70 



DIAGRAM— ^WOOL-PRODUCING COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD ... ... ... 72 



SHEEP-.SHEARING WITH MACHINE-SHEARS ... ... ... ... ... 74 



AUSTRALIAN MILLET ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 80 



ROUND-LEAVED .SALT BU.SH — CABBAGE BUSH ... ... ... ... ... 82 



SCENTED OR DARLING CLOVER ... ... ... ... ... ... 84 



WINGADEE STATION ... .., ... ... ... ... ... 94 



MUIR PEACH TREES AT GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTAL FARM, WAGGA WAGGA... 118 



HOT- HOUSE AND GREEN-HOU.SE FLOWERS GROWN IN NEW SOUTH WALES... ... 142 



AN amateur's green-house, NEAR .SYDNEY ... ... ... ... 148 



SILK CULTURE ... . . ... ... ... ... ... ... 150 



SILK CULTURE (COCOONS) ... ... ... ... ... ... 156 



SANSOON TOBACCO (CIGARETTE) GROWING AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SYDNEY 159 

 SHIP "HARVEST HOME," LOADING THE FIRST CARGO OF N.S.W, TIMBERS FOR LONDON 168 



FORE.ST OF YOUNG BLACKBUTTS, MANNING RIVER ... ... ... ... 172 



TALLOW-WOOD LOGS .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 172 



"HONEYCOMB," THE CHAMPION DAIRY COW OF THE WORLD ... ... ... 187 



GOVERNMENT MEAT MARKET, DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY... ... ... 199 



GOVERNMENT MEAT MARKET, DARLING HARBOUR — INTERIOR VIEW ... ... 202 



SEA-MULLET (MUGIL DOBULA) ... ... ... ... .. •.• 219 



the .schnapper (sparcsomus auratus) .., ... ... ... ••• 223 



broke:? hill silver mines ... ... ... ... ... ••• 226 



gold-mining (panning, cru.shing quartz, cradling) ... ... ... 228 



"WESLEY" TIN BIINE, FLANNERY's WASHIN(; PLANT ... ... ... 2.33 



