a sat 
taking the aver- 
avs ; but if I assume that it equalled the value per 
clan as the average of the previous ten years, its i 
Fs a be questioned. Well, then, the average value per 
bushel or the ten years—1862 to 1871—is given at 7s. in Sydney; 
ye 
‘ie cae Pek the fact that the rainfall of the last ten years 
' oe “set the average. It may, therefore, be assum that 
enka. Sa te is less unfavourable to wheat-growing than it is 
to other descriptions of grain crops. 
to feed “i as with her meat supply, Europe is no longer able 
her population. If we sum up the total of grain crops in 
wants eet, Europe look for food to supply he that ihe 
last year sng It should here be noticed that we pa) , 
(Pr Into New South Wales—flour, 33,047 tons, valued ab 
