December, 1911.] 



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Scientific Agriculture. 



case of the colony of Victoria in which 

 we are assembled. From Mr. Fenton's 

 statistical tables we are able to obtain 

 the following figures concerning agri- 

 cultural, mining and manufacturing 

 industries of the colony in 1897 :— 



Agricultural. 



Crops 



Live stock brought into 

 consumption : — 

 Cattle 219, 436 @£5 = £1,097, 180 

 Sheepl,920,295@£l = £1,920,295 

 Pigs and Poultry(?)£ 350,000 



Dairy produce 

 Wool 



Value. 

 £ 



6,913,364 



3,367.4765 

 .. 2,597,361 

 .. 2,332,870 



£15,211,070 



Mining. 



Gold 



Other metals 

 Building stone, clay, 



earths, &c. 

 Coal 



£3,251,064 

 10,337 



29,030 

 110,017 



£<,400,448 



Manufacturing. 

 Foods, Drinks, &c 



Chaff-cutting, &c. 

 Flour, oatmeal, maizena, 



&c, mills 

 Biscuit, jam, &c, factories 

 Confectionery and Fugar 



works 



Bacon-curing and meat 

 freezing and preserving 

 works 



Butter and cheese fac- 

 tories 



Soap and candle works ... 

 Brewing, malting, &c. 

 Aerated waters, &c, and 

 ice 



Coffee, cocoa, chicory, 



mustard 

 Tobacco and cigars 



No. of 

 Workers. 

 810 



911 

 1,401 



908 



603 



1,166 

 487 

 1,132 



986 



218 

 767 



Textiles, Dress and Leather Goods 



Woolwashing and tanning 1,891 



Woollen mills 



Tailoring, dressmaking, un 

 derclothing, millinery, 

 hats and caps 



Fur3, waterproofs, um- 

 brellas and dyeing 



Boots and shoes 



Saddlery and other leather 

 goods 



Rope, mat, sack &c, works 



809 



11,072 



546 

 4,223 



490 

 407 



Building Materials, Wood Work, &c. 



Stone-cutting bricks, lime, 

 cement and pottery ... 1,414 



Saw-mills .. ... 1,131 



Saw-moulding, joinery, 

 cabinet-making, &c. ... 2,239 



Bedding, blinds, looking- 

 glasses ... ... 443 



Cooperage, dairy imple- 

 ments, brushes, baskets, 

 &c ... ... 533 



Engineering. Metal Work, &c. 



Agricultural implements 914 



Engines, machinery, iron- 

 founding, tools and nails 4,615 



Railway engines and car- 

 riages, &c. ... 1,283 



Carts, carriages, bicycles, 

 &e. .. ... 1,418 



Ship and boat repairing 

 and building ... 132 



Sheet-iron, tinning, brass 

 work, &c ... ... 897 



Workers in gold, &c. ... 471 



Unspecified ... ... 178 



44,488 



* Chemical, Electrical, &c 

 G?,s and coke 



Electric light and appar- 

 atus 



Chemical, inks, oils, ex- 

 plosives, &c. 

 Glassworks, smelting &c. 

 Bone and manure mills 



668 



178 



657 

 445 

 122 



Miscellaneous. 



Stationery and paper mills 1,022 



Printing ... ... 3,844 



Unspecified ... ... 1,276 



Total number of Workers ... 52,700 



From this list of figures we get the 

 value of produce from the land in 1897 

 as about 15J millions pounds sterling, 

 whereas the total value of the mining 

 industries did not amount to 3-| millions. 

 These figures strikingly indicate the 

 preponderating value to this country of 

 its agriculture, yet they do not show 

 this as emphatically as might be, for 

 this reason, that whereas the gold 

 obtained from the mines is appraised at 

 its full ultimate value of £4 per ounce, 

 the agricultural produce is taken in 

 most cases at its wholesale value as 

 raw material. But this is not the full 

 value of agricultural produce. The 

 final produce is not the cattle it the sale 

 yards, but the butcher's meat delivered 

 to the house ; it is not the wheat in bags, 

 but the loaf delivered by the baker. If 

 the agricultural values were based upon 



