SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
Obligation of Science to the Pastoral Industry. 
By Professor JOHN W. PATERSON. B.Sc., Ph.D., F.H.A.S. - 
Of the various problems awaiting investigation at the present time, there ar 
none of greater interest, none of more economic importance, than those pertaininé 
to* the pastoral industry, From figures supplied by the Commonwealtl 
Statistician, the pastoral industry, in its various branches, occupies a leading post 
tion in the Australian production of wealth, and yields a revenue which 8 
approximately equal to that from all the manufacturing industries put togethe! 
The position will be gleaned from the following statement, calculated from official 
estimates, which are given as “substantially correct ”:— 
Pastoral 
Froaducrion of 
Commonweallh 
CXCECIS 
-£ 50,000,000 
PEL ANNUM. 
The large circle represents £50,000,000, the small black area £104,166, the sum which 
would be available annually if $d. in the pound were set aside for research. 
AVERAGE ANNUAL PRopUCTION FROM INDUSTRIES IN AUSTRALIA 
’ during quinquennium 1909-1913 :— 
Item. Industry. Value. RO 
be 
Ss 
1 Agriculture fe A fa 42,300,000 21°7 
2 | Pastoral re i oe i, 53,613,000 2iab8 
3. | Dairy, Poultry, and Bee Farming i¢3 18,436,000 9°5 
+ | Forestry and Fisheries : 5,550,000 2°8 | 
5 Mining +0 at A at 24,234,000 12°4 } 
6 Manufacturing a ie eet 50,957,000 26°1 i 
Total pene a ys Ms 195,070,000 100°0 j 
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