3§4 



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 19,593,090, showing a decrease 



compared with the previous year of 263,263 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 £43,861 and 

 £573,087 respectively. 



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

 forest " reservations," covering a total 

 Forestry Legis- area f ± m nu on acres , had been estab- 

 lation in the ' 2 ' 



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 2 1 million acres, was adopted, and the 

 reserves were proclaimed on the 2 2 nd February, 1 897. A Bill 

 passed on the 4th June last made an appropriation of 



