236 ON THE AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF N. S. W., 



of any surplus which may have arisen from other sources. Such 

 a system would be inconsistent with what seems one of the funda- 

 mental principles of insurance, viz., that all losses shall be borne 

 in common and paid for out of the common fund ; and could not 

 reasonably or even legally be carried out except under a distinct 

 antecedent agreement. 



On the Agricultural Statistics of New South Wales, 

 By C. ROLLESTON, ESQ. 



[Read December 7th, 1864.] 



I BEG to lay on the table of the Society three sets of tables, 

 setting forth respectively as follows, viz. : 



Table 1. 1st the imports of wheat and flour, the estimated 

 value thereof, and the value per head of the population. 2nd the 

 colonial produce, with the average price per bushel of wheat, 

 estimated value, and value per head of the population. 3rd the 

 exports of wheat and flour, estimated value thereof, and value per 

 head of the population. 



Table 2. The second table shows the quantities, in tons, 

 imported, produced in the colony, and exported, with the net 

 quantity left for consumption, and the proportion to every 100 of 

 the population. 



Table 3. The third table exhibits the proportion of land 

 under tillage in the principal crops, and the produce per acre. 



The three sets of tables embrace the quinquennial period from 

 1859 to 1863, both inclusive. 



It has seemed to me to be of some importance at the present 

 juncture, that we should arrive at as near an approximation, as 

 the information before us will admit, as to the results of our 

 colonial husbandry during the last few years. 



