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the transformation its famous fiber i> etiec/tim;. It is to be 



lishmen who embarked in orange growing in Florida, with 

 chequered results, and those also who sought their fortunes 

 in South Africa, some at least had not found their way to this 

 colony, where energy and thrift applied to the varied re- 

 sources can hardly fail to be rewarded, and where personal 

 rights and property are under the protection of British laws 

 and administration, a consideration to which the history of 

 the southern republics during the past two or three years has 



The development of Australian fruit-growing has been 

 rapid during recent years. The "Year Book of Australia" 

 for 1892 gives the following round-up of the fruit interests : 



South Australia, and elsewhere, has established the tact that Australian 

 by means of systematic irrigation— the rivers and other '™^ m , 

 sources of water supply being utilized for the purpose nearly * row,n,f - 



Acres Under Orange Cultivation 



