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of the land here is taken up, being very fertile and especially well 

 watered. About 18 or 20 miles distant is the Boyanup area, on 

 which there is a large proportion of really good land. It is situated 

 on the line of railway running between Bunbury and Donnybrook, 

 and about 12 miles distant from the former. Much of the land here 

 is admirably adapted for dairying. 



The Preston agricultural area is distant about 25 miles 

 from Bunbury, and not far from Donnybrook railway station. 

 Much of this area is first-class land, consisting of deep alluvial 

 deposits, and water is easily obtainable. The flats are well adapted 

 for lucerne growing or intense cultivation. The best of the land is 

 rather heavily timbered, and it is worth up to ten pounds per acre 

 to clear the densest of it. There are many creeks and small 

 rivers running through it, and in many places irrigation could be 

 carried out at a very little outlay. The rainfall is over 30 inches 

 per annum. 



The Tweed agricultural area, although the most distant 

 from Perth, is perhaps the most suitable for dairying. It is about 

 35 miles from Donnybrook and close to the town of Bridgetown, on 

 the Blackwood river. The railway is now being constructed close 

 to it. The physical features are quite distinct from any of the 

 others already mentioned, the country being very undulating, and 

 consisting of in some places rich chocolate soil, and in others of 

 ironstone gravelly soil. The timber in places is very heavy. The 

 rainfall is over 30 inches and in places almost 40 inches per 

 annum. The cost of clearing is considerable, but as a cheese and 

 butter district it is scarcely to be surpassed in the colony, and will 

 be a very important agricultural centre shortly after the rail- 

 way is completed. Water in most places is obtainable at from 60 to 

 100 feet. 



There are many more agricultural areas, all, as well as those I 

 have alluded to briefly, fully described in Part I. of the GUIDE, but 

 most of them are more adapted for cereal, or fruit or wine growing, 

 than for dairying, being in warmer districts, with a much smaller 

 rainfall. In various districts many kinds of poison bushes are found, 

 but on the areas mentioned little or none grows. When speaking 



