78 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



The output of the Island, therefore, can be 

 easily estimated. 



To show the chief divisions at present pro- 

 ducing coco-nuts, we will give the table, for 

 although this by no means proves that the 

 smallest producing division is the least suitable 

 (it may only have been the most neglected) 

 it does show where the most land is 

 already occupied. The estimate is made up 

 as follows : 



Western Division 85,000 acres. 



Gulf 45,000 



Central 25,000 



Eastern ... 150,000 



South-Eastern Division ... 25,000 



North-Eastern ,, ... 12,000 



Northern ,, ... 8,000 



Total ... 350,000 ,, 



A representative collection of samples of soil 

 was obtained from various districts through- 

 out the Territory, where agricultural settlement 

 had taken place, or was likely to do so. Each 

 sample, it is believed, represented a fair 

 average of the agricultural soil of the district. 

 These were subjected to mechanical and 

 chemical analyses by the agricultural chemist 

 attached to the Department of Agriculture, 

 New South Wales, who reported as follows : 



" Speaking generally, these are rich, fertile 

 soils of a loamy nature, friable, and fairly easy 

 to work. They are good nitrifying soils, and 



