Reports on Forkign Crops. 



The yield of wheat was on the average 8-25 bushels per 

 acre in 1899-1900, as compared with 9*30 bushels in the earlier 

 year. In Victoria the yield declined from 9 to 7 bushels, 

 while that of New South Wales rose from 7 bushels to 

 9J bushels ; the yield in South Australia was 4/64 bushels 

 against 4-90 bushels in 1898-99. Notwithstanding the 

 remarkable decline in the area devoted to this crop in New 

 Zealand, the yield of 32 bushels per acre placed this colony 

 third in point of production. Tasmania, which produced 

 27 bushels in 1898-99, fell to 17 bushels in 1899-1900. 



