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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 29

Hay: Tons Per Acre

Hay: Tons Per Acre.

Victoria 1.40 1.32 1.27 1.32 1.33 1.33
Now South Wales. 1.50 1.61 1.54 1.37 1.15 1.43
South Australia. 1.00 1.21 1.02 1.26 1.21 114
Western Australia 1.51 2.00 1.50 1.00 1.50
Tasmania .98 1.39 1.08 1.35 1.42 1.24
New Zealand 1.16 1.25 1.43 .84 1.46 1.23

A more complete Colonial return, but only for two years, I borrow from Mr. Giffen's valuable Report to the Board of Trade:—

Statement of the Estimated Average Yield Per Statute Acre of the Principal Corn Crops, and of Potatoes, in Various British Colonies.

YEARS (ended 31st COLONIES March in some Colonies). WHEAT. BARLRY. OATS. MAIZE. POTATOBS Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Tons. New South Wales 1874-75 12.9 17.3 16.3 30.5 2.8 1875-76 14.7 20.5 18.7 29.0 3.0 Victoria 1874.75 14.6 21.0 18.5 15.9 3.5 1875.76 15.5 22.2 21.9 15.8 3.4 South Australia 1874.75 11.7 15.2 14.7 — 3.7 1875.76 12.0 14.1 16.7 — 4.5 Western Australia 1874.75 12.0 16.0 16.0 15.0 3.0 Tasmania 1874.75 18.5 24.5 26.8 — 3.7 1875.76 16.4 278 25.4 — 3.5 New Zealand 1874.75 28.2 29.4 35.2 — 5.2 1875.76 31.5 35.9 380 — 4.9 Bushels Natal 1874 12.6 80 — 12.7 24.1 1875 10.8 132 — 12.1 64.4 Cape of Good Hope 1865 6.9 8.9 — 6.5 1875 8.9 15.4 — 8.5 41.2 Dominion of Canada: Ontario 1871 10.4 Not Stated Not Stated Not Stated 98.1 Quebec 8.5 14.10 New Brunswick 108 137.6 Nova Scotia 11.8 105.7

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From the same source I give you the average returns from foreign countries. Mr. Giffen does not state the average for the United Kingdom:—