1904.] Wheat Harvest of Australasia. 



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The area sown with wheat and linseed, and the quantity 

 Wheat and harvested in the four principal agricultural 

 Linseed Crops in provinces of Argentina in 1902-3 and 

 Argentina. 1903-4, is given in a report of H.M. 

 Consul at Rosario as follows : — 



Province. 



Wheat. 



Linseed. 



Area. 



Quantity 

 Harvested. 



Area. 



Quantity 

 Harvested. 



Buenos Ay res ... 

 Santa Fe 

 Cordoba 

 Entre Rios 



Acres. 

 3,287,214 

 3,164,689 

 1,743,244 

 506,231 



Tons. 



1,259,112 

 793,230 

 581,781 

 104,730 



Acres. 

 863,899 



1,621,224 

 383,687 

 237,139 



Tons. 



307,431 

 282,086 

 66,482 

 54,153 



Total, 1902-3 

 ,, 1903-4 



8,701,378 

 10,485,325 



2,738,853 

 3,700,000 



3J05,949 

 3,672,591 



710,152 



883,000 



The figures relating to the produce in 1903-4 are preliminary 

 estimates. 



{Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series, No. 3,157.] 



The estimates of the acreage and yield of land under wheat 

 Wheat Harvest m tne various Colonies of Australasia in 

 of Australasia. 1902-3 are shown in the following table, 

 together with similar details for the previous seasons. : — 



• r, 



Colony. 



Area. 

 (In thousands.) 



Produce. 

 (In thousands.) 



1902-3. 



1901-2. 



1900- 1. 



1902-3. 



1901-2. 1900- 1. 



Victoria 



New South Wales . . . 

 Queensland ... 

 South Australia 

 Western Australia ... 

 Tasmania 

 New Zealand ... 



Acres. 



1,994 

 1,280 

 2 



1-747 

 92 

 4i 

 195 



Acres. 

 1,754 

 1,392 

 87 

 i,743 

 95 

 44 

 167 



Acres. 

 2,017 

 i,53i 

 79 

 1,913 

 74 

 52 

 206 



Bushels. 

 2,569 

 1,585 

 6 



6,355 

 986 



877 

 7,458 



Bushels. Bushels. 

 12,127 17,847 

 14.809 16,174 

 1,692 1. 194 

 8,013 11.253 



957 i 775 

 964 , 1,110 

 4.047 . 6,527 



Total 



5,35i 



5,282 



5,872 



19,836 



1 



42.609 54,880 



Owing to the drought, the wheat crop of Victoria, Queensland, 



