384 



Queensland Live Stock. 



visited numerous places in the congested districts to afford 

 information to those who might wish to procure bees, and 

 to give advice and instruction to such bee-keepers as might 

 wish to avail themselves of his help. Forty-four hives 

 of the pattern approved of by the Irish Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, with suitable outfits and appliances, were supplied 

 at cost price during the year upon favourable terms of 

 deferred payment. 



The Report of the chief Inspector of Stock for the year 



1896 indicates that on the 31st December 



Live Stock in last the number of sheep in Queensland 

 Queensland. ^ ^ , . , 



was 19,593,690, showmg a decrease 



compared with the previous year of 26^^26^ animals, or 1*3 

 per cent. Cattle numbered 6,507,377, or a decrease during 

 the year of 315,024, equal to 4-6 per cent. There were 

 imported into Queensland by sea 64 head of cattle for 

 breeding, and 10,063 animals were imported overland. The 

 numbers exported were 575 by sea, and 272,047 by land. 

 The value of these imports and exports was ;£43,86i and 

 £S73yOSy respectively. 



Under an Act dated 31st March, 1891, seventeen separate 

 forest " reservations," covering a total 



Forestry Legis- ^^^^ ^ million acres, had been estab- 

 lation m the ^ ^ ' 



United States, lished in the United States prior to the 



year 1 894. With a view to devise some 



adequate system of production and management, an inquiry 



was instituted in 1896 to investigate and report upon "the 



inauguration of a rational system of forest policy for the 



forested lands of the United States.'' A report which 



recommended the creation of thirteen additional reserves, 



of an area exceeding 21 million acres, was adopted, and the 



reserves were proclaimed on the 22 nd February, 1897. A Bill 



passed on the 4th June last made an appropriation of 



