ORANGES AND LEMONS IN AUSTRALASIA. 



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The following returns are extracted from the latest Government sta- 

 tistical tables published in those colonies : 



Area under crop, gross produce, and average produce per acre of oranges, in New South 

 Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. 



NEW SOUTH WALES. 



NOTE. Returns of oranges for years prior to 1889 are understated. 



QUEENSLAND. 



VICTORIA. 



It is probable that when the returns for 1889 for Victoria are avail- 

 able they will show a very large increase, for since the inauguration of 

 irrigation colonies there, large areas of orangeries have been planted at 

 Mildura and elsewhere. The orange and lemon tree is also being planted 

 on a large scale at the newly established irrigation colonies in South 



