32 The Wine Crop of New South Wales. 
The receipts of staves by railroad and canal were: 
1865. 1864. 
By Michigan Southern Railroad............. 1,773,000 2,567,246 
Toledo, Wabash, and Western Railway 150,000 191,772 
Dayton and Michigan Railroad......... 20,080 37,800 
AAR a ree Nau sa Sicily » haraaaieg tea ten tet 206,348 963,821 
2,149,428 3,756,639 
The receipts of lath, for a series of years, are shown as 
follows :— 
1s) OL a BA Re ee 16,128;0007| 1861 420) eee 7,150,700 
BOGAN Taare 1552'3'5j;000: |:1 860... 22 eee 953935750 
POOR ciate coin eld ck 10,765,000: | 185 Q.:.n:s cece eee 86,59,700 
P02 sci bebe e desea. 9,564,450. |) 1858 once cee 1,558,359 
The shipments by canal were 6,716,653. The receipt of 
shingles, each year, since 1858, are exhibited in the follow- 
ing table: 
BOGS hGe ain fondest a. 31,745,000.| S61 0.) eee eee 13,891,925 
POO acines'e «/ yk ee 18,149,000 1860, aa sakes Sage 15,861,788 
2 Ro Oe EA 23,17 35000 | POS Gn.cseane col eaa cee 12,998,000 
BOR lo cole a aoeutar i 1B:658,000 | TOGOE.. ccc aeteanee 99,50,127 
The shipments of shingles, by canal, during the season 
amounted to 8,417,900 
THE WINE CROP OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
“7 T is an ill wind that blows nobody any good,” and 
the drought that was so disastrous to the farmers 
and squatters has been of benefit to the vignerons. The 
consolation is small, because the wine-producing interest of 
the colony is so slight when compared with the squatting 
and the farming interests. It would have been different 
if the colony produced as much wine as it ought to do— 
that is, enough to replace the imported beer and wine, and 
enough to ship to all the markets within reach. 
The statistics show that the vine cultivation has advanced, 
but not so much as was to have been anticipated, con- 
sidering the length of time the industry has been established, 
and the success it has achieved. In the adjacent colonies 
