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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



[June 1896. 



The Victorian Wheat Crop of 1895-96. 



According to the Melbourne Weekly Times, the Government 

 Statist of Victoria has prepared a preliminary return of the 

 wheat yield of 1895-96. The returns, unfortunately, are not 

 yet complete, but the figures furnished from 37 shires, including 

 five that as yet are incomplete, give indication of what the 

 harvest was like throughout the Colony. The returns to come 

 are not likely to alter the average to any great extent. The 

 figures to date show that the area under wheat was 1,125,078 

 acres, yielding 1,115,550 bags. This gives a gross produce of 

 4,628,231 bushels of 60 lbs., or an average per acre of 4*11 

 bushels of 60 lbs. 



