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FOKEIGN CROPS, MAY-JUNE, 1912, 



due largely to good prices; and in the three years an addition of 

 almost 2^ million acres was made to the area sown. Owing to un- 

 favorable meteorological conditions, the 1911-12 yield was about 

 20 million bushels less than that of the preceding year. The statistics 

 follow : 



Area, production, and exports of tvheat in Australia, 1900-1912. 



[From Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics.] 



1900-1 



1901-2 



1902^3 



1903-4 



1904^ 



1905-6 



190&-7 



1907-8 



190S-9 



1909-10 



1910-11 \ 7, 372, 456 



1911-12 5 7, 3S0, 499 



Acres. 

 5,666,614 

 5,115,965 

 5,156,049 

 5,566,340 

 6, 269, 778 

 6, 122, 746 

 5, 982, 186 

 5,383,911 

 5,262,473 

 6,586,236 



Bushels.^ 

 49,877,259 



39,776,888 

 12, 768, 163 

 76,486,460 

 56,254,271 

 70,680,204 

 68,514,628 

 46, 062, 997 

 64,563,551 

 93,262,982 

 98, 109, 437 

 75,161,977 



1901 



1902 



1903 4 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



Bushels.^ 



20,260,058 

 8,999,282 

 1,172,838 

 33,071,653 

 24, 648, 182 

 30,262,335 

 28, 784, 130 

 15,027,388 

 31,549,498 

 47,761,895 

 54,970,289 



Barreh.^ 

 987,898 

 336,949 

 62,214 

 1, 052, 490 

 1,573,663 

 1,702,806 

 1, 667, 724 

 1,191,867 

 1,326,214 

 1,428,020 

 1,808,255 



' Winchester bushels reduced from imperial. 



3 Bushels of 60 pounds. 



3 Barrels of 196 pounds. 



< Crop failure; imports, 9,114,490 bushels, practically all from Argentina and United States. 



5 Prelimiuary. 



Wheat cultivation is on the most extensive scale in Victoria, South 

 Australia, and New South Wales, but there is also a notable increase 

 in late years in the smaller area of Western Australia. The area and 

 yield in the different States is shown in the following statement : 



Area and production of uheat in Australia, hy Slates, 1911-12 to 1907-8. 



[From Monthly Summary of Australian Statistics, January, 1912.] 

 AREA. 



State. 



Ciueensland 



New South Wales. 



Victoria 



South Australia . . . 

 Western Australia. 

 Tasmania 



1911-12 



Acres. 



47,-5.38 



2, 267, 845 



2,164,066 



2,300,0a) 



559, 145 



41,905 



Total Commonwealth 7, 380, 499 



1910-11 



Acres. 



106,718 



2,128,826 



2, .398, 089 



2,104,719 



581,862 



■52,242 



1909-10 



Acres. 



117,160 



1,990,180 



2,097,162 



1,895,738 



448,918 



37,078 



1908-9 



r, .372, 4.56 



6, 586, 236 



Acres. 



80,898 



1,394,056 



1,779,905 



1,693,601 



285,011 



29, 102 



5, 262, 473 



1907-8 



Acres. 



82, 461 



1,390,171 



1,847,121 



1,753,755 



279,009 



30, 794 



5,383,911 



