i> y QUEENSLAND. 



districts is a healthy and by no means a trying one, and is thoroughly adapted 

 to the successful cultivation of many fruits ; and, finally, a living can be made 

 under conditions that are much more conducive to the well-being of our race 

 than those existing in the overcrowded centres of population. The writer has 

 no wish to infer that there are big profits to be made by growing fruit, but, at 

 the same time, he has no hesitation in saying that where the industry is 

 conducted in an up-to-date manner, on business lines, a good living can be 

 made, and that there is a good opening for many who are now badly in want 

 of employment. The illustrations represent various phases of the industry, and 

 have been specially prepared by H. W. Mobsby, the Artist of the Intelligence 

 and Tourist Bureau. Most of the Illustrations have been taken at an excep- 

 tionally dry time, and at the close of one of the coldest winters on record, 

 so that they do not show the crops or trees at their best; at the same time, 

 they give a fair idea of some of our fruits, orchards, and fruit lands. 



ALBERT H. BENSON. 



Brisbane, Queensland, January, 1906. 



