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with those of previous years are shown in the following 

 table:— 





Wheat. 



Oats. 



Year. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Production. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Production. 





Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



1897-98 



3i5.8oi 



17-95 



5 670,017 



354,8t9 



27.44 



9,738.391 



189899 



399,034 



32.76 



13,073,416 



417,320 



39-56 



16,511,388 



1899-1900 



269 749 



31 81 



8,581,898 



398,243 



40. gq 



16,325,832 



1900-01 



206,465 



31 61 



6,527,154 



449.534 



4 2 45 



19,085,837 



The quantity of wheat which the Department consider will 

 be required for seed and for home consumption is 5,360,000 

 bushels, and after allowing for stocks on hand, the apparent 

 surplus available for export was over 3 \ million bushels. Both 

 the area and the yield of oats were above the figures for 1899- 

 1900, and the total production showed an increase of about 

 2f million bushels. The yield of barley was 1,027,651 bushels, 

 and of maize 502,697 bushels. 



The Wheat Harvest of Australasia in 1899- 1900. 



The estimates of the acreage and yield of land under 

 wheat in the various colonies of Australasia in 1899- 1900 are 

 shown in the following table, together with similar details 

 for the previous season : — 



Colony. 



Area. 



Produce. 



1 899- 1 900. 



1898-99. 



1899-1900. 



1898-99. 



Victoria 



New South Wales - 

 Queensland - 

 South Australia 

 Western Australia - 

 Tasmania ... 

 New Zealand - 



Acres. 

 2,165,693 

 1,426,166 



5 2 ,5 2 7 

 1,821,137 

 84,462 

 64,328 

 269,749 



Acres. 

 2,154,163 



i,3 I 9,5Q3 

 46,219 



1,788,770 

 75, 0 32 

 85,287 

 399,034 



Bushels. 



I5> 2 37>948 

 13,604,166 

 614,414 



8,453,135 

 966,601 



1,101,303 

 8,581,898 



Bushels. 



I9,5 8l >3°4 

 9,286,216 

 607,012 

 8,778,900 

 870,909 

 2,303,512 

 13,073,416 



5,884,062 



5,868,008 



48,559,465 



I 



! 54,501,269 



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