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 PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY

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Crops

1910-11

1911-12

Acres

612,104

77,488 3, -664

1910-11

1911-12

Wheat

Oats ....

Barley

Acres

581,862

61,918

3,369

Bushels

5,897,540

776,233

33,566

Bushels

4,358,904

961,385

37,011

Hay.

Potatoes. Drchards.

175,432

1,791

16,738

344,032

2,705

18,193

Tons 178,891 5,864

Tons 299,695 9,312

Vines

2,7951

2,821-^

Gallons

153,665

Gallons 162,559

1 Of this acreage, only 1,154 acres were productive for wine-making. •^ „ „ 1,075

Crop estimates for 1912-13 are : wheat, 775,000 acres, 9,^90,000 bushels ; oats, 126,000 acres, 2,086,000 bushels ; barley, 6,600 acres, 99,000 bushels.

The areas occupied by the principal trees of Western Australia and the quantity cut in two years, according to the official Industrial Returns, were as follows : —

Jarrah (with blackbutt and red gum)

Karri

Tuart

Wandoo

York Gum, yate, Morrell, sandal-l

wood, and jam /

Other

1910

Acres.

Super ft. cut.

8,000,000

172,376,459-

1,200,000

04,000

200,000

723,682

7,000,000

1,050,685

4,000,000

75,00U 1 -

—

237,750

1911

Super ft. cut.

196,892,378-

422,577

748,786

730,103

182,661

Total 20,400,000 174,527,576 198,976,505

1 Exclusive of sandalwood, for which no Industrial returns were sui)plied, but of which

in 1910 a total of 8,228 tons was exported, and in 1911, 6,907 tons, - Other timber, not specified.

Jarrah only.

The live stock in 1911, consisted of 140,277 horses; 843,638 cattle; 5,411,542 sheep ; 55,635 pigs ; 29,275 goats ; 3,203 camels ; and 2,425 mules and donkeys. The wool export, which mav be taken to be identical with the wool clip, was, during 1907, valued at 812,088Z., during 1908, at 637,008Z., during 1909, at 1,013,180Z., during 1910, at 966,870/., and during 1911, at 925, 450^., these values representing respectively 20,210,233 lbs., 20,743,045 lbs., 27,144,579 lbs., 26,197,209 lbs., and 25,157,193 lbs. of wool.

Along the river-courses of the north of the State are about 20,000,000 acres of fairly well-watered country, affording good pasturage.

Gold was first obtained in Western Australia in 1886. The total quantity and value of the output to the end of 1911 was as follows : —

Years Fine oz.

Value Years

Fine oz. Value

1886-1890 42.016 1890-1895 571,999 1896-1900 4,679,871 1901-1903 5,639,255

1904 1,983,230

1905 1,955,316

1906 i 1,794,547

178,474 2,429,697 19,878,826 23,954,033 8,424,226 8,305.654 7,622,749

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

26 yrs.

1,697,554 7,210,749 1,647,911 6,999,882 1,595,269 6,776,274 1,470,632 6,246,848 1,370,867 5,823,075

24,448,467 103,850,487