248 THE PASTORAL AGE IN AUSTRALASIA 



the same region are said to have well-stocked gardens, 

 which are kept by Chinamen.* 



* Writing about the beginning of the century an old pastora- 

 list, Mr. De Satge, estimates that a sum of 100 million pounds 

 sterling has been invested in pastoralist improvements in New 

 South Wales — houses, woolsheds, wire fencing, dams, reservoirs, 

 and artesian wells. — Journal of a Queensland Squatter, pp. 2-3. 



