REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



517 



RAILEOAD AND TELAGEAPH MILEAGE. 



The following is au official statement of the mileage of railways and 

 telegraph lines in the colonial possessions of Great Britain in 188)3: 



f"\ll HTI XT 



Hailvrays. 



Tclc'rapji^. 



Australasia : 



IRfcf. 

 1,268 

 1,562 

 991 

 95 

 167 

 1, 389 

 1, 038 



Mae!'. 



9, 013 



3, 66 : ) 



5, 278 

 1.8P5 



tl.273 



4, 074 



6, 6C4 

















6, 510 



31, 137 





♦10, 832 

 178 

 92 

 98} 

 §1, 813 

 8, 805 

 25 

 43| 

 21 



21,740 

 1, 093 













4, 031 





















* For 1882. I March 31, 1884. 



t And 45 miles telephone. § Exclusiveof 133 miles private line. 



PRODUCTION OF WINE IN FRANCE. 



Years. 



Area. 



Production. 



Import. 



Export. 





Hectares. 

 2, 380, 946 

 2, 446, 862 

 2, 421,247 

 2, 369, 834 

 2, 346, 497 

 2, 295, 9S0 

 2, 2-il, 477 

 2, 204, 459 

 2, 699, 923 

 2, 135, 349 

 2, 121, 595 



Keetotttert. 

 35,716,000 

 63. 146, 000 

 83, 836, 000 

 41,847,000 

 56. 405, 000 

 48, 729, 000 

 25, 770, 000 



29, 607. 000 

 34, 139. 000 



30, 886, 000 

 44, 57C, 000 



Hectoliters. 

 654, 000 

 681, 000 

 292. 000 

 • 676. 000 

 707, 

 1,603, 000 

 2, 938, 000 

 7, 219, 000 

 7, 839, 000 



7, 537, 000 



8, 980, 000 



Hectoliters. 

 3, 981,000 

 3, 232, 000 

 3, 731,000 

 3, 331, 000 

 3, 102, 0(0 



2, 795, OhO 



3, 047, 000 

 2, 488, 000 

 2, 572, 000 

 2, 618,000 

 2, 547, 000 





1875 





1877 



1878 



1879 



1880 



1881 , 



1882 



1863 





2, 333, 078 



45, C10, 000 



3, 556, 000 



3, 040, 000 





WHEAT PRODUCTION IN INDIA. 



The increase of exports from India, from a few hundred thousand 

 bushels per annum, ten to twenty years ago, to 37,148,543 bushels in 

 1881-'82, and 30,127,077 bushels of 60 pounds for 1883-'84 (year ended 

 March 31), has excited the attention of the wheat-growing countries. 

 It is known that India comes near to France and Russia in the volume 

 of wheat production, and that these countries have only one outrank- 

 ing competitor — the United States of America. Conditions haye not 

 been favorable in former years for large India exports, mainly from 

 lack of transportation facilities, haying only one mile of railway for 



