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
