AUSTRALIAN FIGURES.
WHEAT AJsD MEAT. :" j . .The; Australian ..'meat export-Reason ..ended J .on Juno 30. . The. following .figures'! show the ' :. quantities exported : during tho : year\ c MUTTON CARCASSES. . t 1906-7 1907-8 1 N.S.W 1,043,395 624,575 I Victoria ... 213,957- 105,521, ; Queensland •... 126,519 157,547 } : .;S. ; Australia".:.; y;.i.3,065 ; 2j136'. W. "Australia ''.' J Totals ' 1,336,936 889,779 ® ' LAMB CARCASSES. ' jj 1906-7 1907-3 v - N.S. Wales ...< ... 334,074 377,054, v Victoria : ...' 679,881.735,634 ; j Queensland ... ' . ... . 18,248 • 27,304 v S. Australia - 251,703 - 273,019 j W. Australia .■ - — 15,165 c Totals ... 1,283,906 1,428,236 J BEEF QUARTERS c ./ 1906-7 • 1907-8 ' v N.S.Wales ... * ..i 14,314 \ 4,839 i .Victoria -. •• ... . '4,515 729 r Queensland • • -...•-283,633 221,665 a S. Australia ... —v .... —. - . i W;-Australia j..\ Totals . .. 302,462 227,233 1 V The total .exports to"Britain were:—-Mut- J : t0n,''6015208-iamb; 1,399,997;' beef, 66,364. ? 'Tho totaft exports'to* Sbut-h''Africa were- t Mutton, ,189,996; lamb, 12,770; beef, 21i862:; , ' - THE. WHEAT FIGURES., l . ''"" The\wheat harvest .returns-for tho ..various e States of the -(Jonimonjvoaltb'. for the .last . ' three seasons are< summarised as-follows i;- 1 - ' ' 190J-6. 1906-7. 1907-8. . ■/ Bushels. Blishels. Bushels; S. Australia .20,143,798:17,145,796 19,093,547- r Victoria . 23,417,670 22,618,043 12,100,780 i .Ni S. Wales. 20,737,200 21,817,938 ; 9,074,156 d - Queensland 1,137,321 1,108,902 - "693,527 r AV. Australia 2,308,305 ; 2,758,567 2,933.340 a • Tasmania ; 7,76,478 . . 651,408 • - 624,658 f . • .68/520,772 66,100,654'44,525,003 " ' Some" correction'.'is: necessary- for the South 1 Australian ■ returns,'- .especially for 1906-7. ; ■ Making' allowancefor' this, the Common-' ■ wealth harvest for 1907-8 was. probably• over r • 45 million, bushels, against about 68! mil- A lions for 1906-7..- /■,'' : .. . i ..Tho/ crop of 45 million bushels,, together • . with stocks'carried over., from , last 'season in Victoria;' and South "Australia, would" enablo fully 20 million bushels-to be exported during the current' year, .after providing i for -• . Australian consumption. The exports so far ; - represent about 11J million bushels.' -.I'/.■ c . The area under crop for the' last threo }; seasons compares-as follows:— : : 1905-6.. 1906-7. ' .1907-8. t . . Acres. Acres. • Acres. ? . S. • Australia; 1,757,036 1,681,982 1.723,489 E . Victoria ... . 2,070,517 2,031,893 - 1-,847,121' f N.S. Wales . 1,939,447.: 1,866,253. 1,390,171 , Queensland 119,356 114,575. • i 82,461 f W. Australia 195,071 . 250,283 280,549 l . Tasmania - 41,319 32,808 29,465 . . -Total 6,122,746 5.977,794 5,353,256' ']
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 260, 27 July 1908, Page 3
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