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THE BRITISH EMPIRE : — VICTORIA

111 two years the area and yield of vines and of tobacco were : —

I'.iiO-U

1911-12

Acres Yield

Acres

Yield

Vines Tobacco.

23,412 1,362,420 gall. 329 L090cwt.

24,193

356

983,423 gall. Not available

In addition to these, green forage covered about 75,177 acres, and gardens (both market and private) and orchards occupied an extent of 70,316 acres in 1911-12.

At the end of December, 1911, there were in the State 507,813 horses, 1,647,127 head of cattle, 13,857,804 sheep, and 348,069 pigs. The wool produced in the season 1908-09 amounted to 87,536,450 lbs., valued at 3,556,000^. ; in 1909-10 to 95,332,829 lbs., valued at 4,044,755Z, in 1910-11 to 101,803,644 lbs., valued at 4,318,100/., and in 1911-12 to 110,463,041 lbs. valued at 4,142,747/. The quantity of butter produced in 1911 was 86,500,474 lbs. and the value 3,860,100/.

At the end of 1911 the area of State Forests in Victoria was 4,160,342 acres. The amount of timber sawn in 1911 in Victoria Saw Mills from. Victorian logs was 70,931,500 super feet valued at the mill at 265,990/.

The estimated value of Victorian production in 1911 was as follows : —

Agricultural Production 10,293,691 Pastoral and Dairying. 14,304,736 Mining. . . 2,617,791

Forest. . . . 790,040

Miscellaneous

1,749,146

Total Primary Products 29,755,404 Manufacturing — value

added during process 15,958,576

Total

45,713,980

II. Mining.

The subjoined statement gives, from official returns, the estimated quantities of gold, with value, obtained in Victoria in five years : —

Years

Number of Ounces

Approximate y Value ^^^^^

Number of Ounces

Approximate Value

754,270 721,220 702,221

£ 2,954,617 1910 2,849,838 1911 2,778,956

1907 1908 1909

609,998 542,074

£ 2,422,745 2,140,855

The total quantity of gold raised from 1851 to 1911 is estimated at 72,531,961 oz., of an aggregate value of 289,663,989/. The estimated number | of miners at work on the gold-fields in 1911 was 14,015.

In 1911, 653,864 tons of coal, valued at 298,829/. were raised in Victoria. In 1911, about 1,754 persons were employed in coal mining. Other minerals raised in 1911 were tin, 3,417/. ; gypsum, 448/. ; silver, rxti acted from gold at the Melbourne Mint, 2,070/. ; antimony, 8,928/. ; other metals and minerals, 163,252/.