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112 colonist who has as yet made the breeding horses for the market a specialty, though many valuable animals are bred yearly by other colonists; his stables at Neu-marra-carra, some 18 miles East of Geraldton, contain six sires of unquestioned form and lineage, and in his paddock of 20,000 acres there are about 200 mares, many of which would not disgrace any stud in Europe.

As for the horse so for cattle, much good stock has been from time to time introduced, and, climate and soil considered, with butter at 2s. a pound, dairy farming should be, as indeed it is, a most profitable occupation in the Southern districts of the Colony.

is, at present, confined to the South-west and South districts of the Colony. There are timber companies with trains and railroads at the Canning, Rockingham, and on the East and West sides of Geographe Bay. Timber is also cut near to, and exported from Albany, but that on the South Coast to the West of Tor Bay, is as yet untouched, as is the Pine timber of the North Coast and the Victoria District. There are six steam saw-mills, and three water saw-mills at work. The value of timber exported was, in 1860, £4,932; In 1865, £15,693; and in 1869, £14,274; in 1872 it had decreased to £2,590, but in 1874 it rose to £24,192; in 1875 it was £23,965; in 1876, £23,743, thus showing a steady demand and a sufficient supply.

, although one of the largest exports of the Colony, is not so much to be depended upon for continuance, either of supply or demand, for as the cutter has to go back farther from the place of export, so his expenses increase, and his profits diminish, these