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that comes to my inquiry on tlie subject. I am 

 told, however, that there is fine scope for such 

 a thing, and that the women of New South Wales 

 are quite ready for it. Up to now they have 

 chiefly confined themselves to bettering the con- 

 ditions of labour in those departments voluntarily 

 sought by women, rather than to forming new 

 schemes. 



TASMANIA 



Accounts which come to us of the possibilities 

 of the successful cultivation of fruits, trees and 

 plants are all favourable. The mildness of the 

 winter and the great amount of sunshine cause 

 very rapid growth and production of fruit. Plants 

 that will not survive an English winter need no 

 protection here. We learn, too, that the acreage 

 of gardens and orchards is steadily on the increase. 



There are so far no training schools for lady 

 gardeners, and no posts are held by them either 

 in private gardens or market gardens. The jam 

 factories employ women, but these belong to the 

 working classes. Nothing definite can therefore 

 be held out as to the future for lady gardeners, 

 beyond the certainty that the more directing 

 heads we have, superintending the development 

 of these orchards and gardens, the more successful 

 they will be. 



