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



The average annual value of wheat and flour imported during 

 this period was 354,826, equal to 19s. 9d. per head of the 

 population ; and the total sum sent out of the Colony for bread- 

 stuffs was 1,774,133. 



We will put the results of the two quinquennial periods 

 together, viz. : 



I am comparing now the declared values of our importations, 

 quantity I will come to presently. It appears then, that the 

 value of the importations in the five years, 1859 to 1863, did not 

 reach the average of the previous five years by 13,647, or 

 5s. 6d. per head. 



If we look, however, to the quantities imported, we shall find 

 the figures reversed ; for whereas the annual average of the first 

 five years was 17,141 tons, the average of the last five years was 

 23,499 tons that is an excess at the rate of 6,858 tons annually. 



Our home produce of wheat, from 1859 to 1863 inclusive, 

 averaged 1,331,371 bushels annually, or rather over 11 bushels 

 per acre, being a smaller average by 15,281 bushels than the 

 yield of the previous five years ; the prices of wheat ranged from 

 6s. 6d. to 8s. 6d. per bushel the average being 7s. 3d., which gave 

 an annual value to our wheat crop of 493,801, or at the rate 

 of 1 7s. lid. per head of the population. 



The comparison stands thus, viz. : 



