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 COMMERCE AND SHIPPING

309

The chief crops in two years were : —

Aero

Acres

Qua:r

Qnar.'

(1918-19)

•-20)

(1918-19)

0919-20)

Wheat. .

349

..515

shels

" 413 bushels

Barley. .

IS".

16J.8S8

2,417,349 ,,

2,S3y

Oat*. ..

160.SC3

209,434

1,540,603 „

l,605.5«s

flay. ..

501,731

635, 76C

567,941 tons

• tons

Potatoes

—

13.2:

—

Vines. .

31,023

—

!ons '

. '39 gallons l

i Of Wine.

Bread-stuffs exported 191'.» -20 beyond the Commonwealth, 13,048,869/., and pastoral products, 5,619,926*.

Fruit culture is extensively carried on, and annually about 100,000 cwt. of dried fruit, 1,250,000 cases of fresh fruit, and 5,000,000 gallons of wine are produced, large quantities of which are exported to oversea countries, chiefly to the United Kingdom. The chief fruit crops, besides grapes, are currants, apples, apricots, peaches, almonds, oranges, lemons, olive*, cherries, pears, plums, quinces, strawberries, raspberries. The live stock in June, 1920, consisted of 264,901 horses, 349,552 cattle, 6,014,565 sheep, and 60,295 pigs. In 1920, an area of over 150,000 square miles was held under pastoral leases.

The mineral wealth as yet discovered consists chiefly of copper, silver and gold. The value of copper produced in 1919 was 223,930/. (32,000,000/. of copper has been produced since the foundation of the State); gold, 13.696/. ; ironstone flux, 307,402/. ; limestone flux, 15,994/.; phosphate rock, 8,932/.; crude salt, 138,348/.; gypsum, 18,725/.; sulphuric acid, 3,105/.; opals, 20,000/. Including other minerals, the total value was 771,995/. Grand total to date, 37,895,031/.

In 1919 there were 1,313 factories in the State, employing 27,915 hands. Wages and salaries amounted to 3,651,715/. Gross value of output, 20,901,137/. ; machinery, land and buildings, &c, valued at 7,224,:i7/.

A new government department, known as the Department of Chem: has been established for the purpose of fostering new industries by the utilisation of products at hand and there is also an Advisory Board of Science and Industry.

Commerce and Shipping.

The Commerce of South Australia, exclusive of inter-State trade, is com- prised in the statement of the Commerce of Australia given under the head- ing of the Commonwealth.

Oversea imports and exports : —

Years

ended June

30

Imports

Exports

Yearn

ended Imports 30

£ 1917-8 4,180,013 1918-9 I 6,496,441 1919-20 7,473,893

. orts

1913' 1915-6 1916-7

t

7,348,340 5,152,200 6,119,048

& 9,809,763 : 6,136,085 8,533,912

£

4,689,079

11,570,470

20,530,356

1 Calendar vear.