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 416 THE BRITISH EMPIRE : — NORTHERN TERRITORY

Production and Industry.

The soils of the Territory differ greatly, but it is stated that most products known to the tropical and temperate zones can be growu successfully. At present, however, agriculture is insignificant. In most parts the natural grasses are extremely rich in nutriment, and provide food for cattle, horses, sheep, and other stock. The numbers of stock at the end of 1918 were : — Cattle, 570,039 ; horses, 31, 436; sheep, 58,620; pigs, 1,200.

The Territory is rich in mineral resources, though these are very little developed. The aggregate value of the minerals produced to June 30, 1919, and in the year 1918-19, was as follows : —

Gold. Copper. Tin

Total to

June 30,

1919

£ 2,262,687 230,930 484,786

1918-19

£

3,521

2,349

30,021

Silver & lead Other Metals

Total

Total to

June 30, 1919

£ 62,216 179,221

3,219,840

191S-19

£

132 34,961

70,984

The oversea imports

Commerce.

and exports are given as

follows : —

Year

Imports

Exports

Year

Imports

Exports

1913 1914-15 1915-16

£

20,977 83,708 74,424

£

67.911 13,319 20,953

1916-17

1917-181


 * 1918-191

£ 82,775 32,287 25,140

£

13,251

268,419

377,258

i Excluding bullion and specie.

Books of Reference.

Annual Reports by the Government Resident and Administrator on the Northern Terri- tory.

Memorandum on the Northern Territory prepared under the direction of the Minister for External Affairs. July, 1909.

Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia. Annual. Melbourne.

Report of Preliminary Scientific Expedition to the Northern Territory.— 16 Bulletins issued.

Motion (Elsie R.), An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia. London, 1915.

Spencer (Baldwin), The Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia. London, 1914.

White (Rt. Rev. G.), Thirty Years in Tropical Australia. London, 1918.

S«t also under Australia.