Olasshouses. 
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It is not likely that there will be any great increase in the growth 
of wheat. The table given below would rather show that, although 
South Australia remains, as she has always been, the chief wheat- 
producing colony on the Australian continent, yet with the 
increasing Australian demand for wheat, she must take in the future 
a smaller share than she has hitherto done in the supply of grain to 
the more distant markets of the world. 
Acreage and Yield op Wheat in South Australia. 
Year 
Acres under crop 
Bushels 
Average bushels 
per acre 
18G3 
320,160 
3,841,824 
bush, lbs, 
12 0 
1864 
335,758 
4,691,919 
14 
0 
1865 
390,836 
4,252,949 
11 
0 
1866 
410,608 
3,687,800 
8 
0 
1867 
457,628 
6,561,451 
14 
0 
1868 
550,456 
2,679,894 
4 40 
1869 
533,035 
6,173,970 
9 42 
1870 
632,136 
3,052,320 
5 45 
1871 
604,761 
6,961,164 
11 30 
1872 
692,508 
3,967,079 
5 44 
1873 
769,811 
8,736,912 
11 30 
1874 
784,784 
6,178,816 
7 62 
1875 
839,638 
9,862,693 
11 45 
1876 
898,820 
10,739,834 
11 57 
1877 
1,083,732 
6,857,669 
5 24 
1878 
1,163,646 
9,034,692 
7 46 
1879 
1,306,851 
9,332,049 
7 
9 
1880 
1,458,096 
14,260,964 
9 47 
1881 
1,733,542 
8,606,610 
4 58 
1882 
1,768,781 
8,087,000 
4 34 
1883 
1,746,864 
7,356,117 
4 13 
1884 
1,846,151 
14,649,230 
7 56 
1885 
1,942,453 
14,621,766 
7 32 
1886 
1,630,000 
6,161,666 
3 10 
1887 
1,970,000 
10,836,000 
6 30 
1888 
1,950,000 
19,012,500 
9 45 
1889 
2,000,000 
6,187,000 
3 
6 
1890 
1,824,961 
14,577,.358 
7 65 
1891 
1,763,032 
10,618,890 
6 
0 
Charles Gay Roberts. 
GLASSHOUSES. 
A case * recently decided by Mr. Justice Kekewich illustrates the 
elasticity of the law, and shows how, much as it is often abused by 
laymen for its strictness and rigour, it can adapt itself to altered 
circumstances in matters relating to the cultivation of the soil. 
Meitx V. Colley, reported in The Times Law Reports, vol. viii. p. 173. 
