| Show I WHEAT SUPPLY SHORT Australia Owing to Drought Can Barely Supply the Home Demand Cuba Special Corrlon e c Commrclal Atneilcit Melbourne Ion 15The signs I of 1 commercial i Hal In the Australia colon I nre 1I0t very Illnet buteuch n they nre they IMlnt to a Iow nnd ure reovery from th dlreh Oft the lnat few Hn The Of-t salts factory slgi of the limes l the stable I condition of most of the banks I Under normnl conditions Autrnlla would hn rccovcd her commercial nnd IInanrlal proIerllY two IIr throe ye no hut f < lr Ol euccelon of drouth nnd the con ucnt Illure 01 I crop and shortage In the wool cllJ ive tended lo nslrlct progn Most of the colonies count1 on akjng a marked recovery In an but the ear has clo td leThe thm vry much In talu qu The drouth nt the bglrlnlng of the r < > ne mut re mmber thnt th Amerlcnn wlntr I > the AuIrnllnn ummrwns mot dla troui to agilcultural and pasloral trrats the failure of the grain hart > har-t precluding any possibility of nn export trd In whPAt while th ssos of stock pressed heavily on both Intrut There la er proopeet 01 nnother hnd on not Quit 0 dltrous ns the Inst hut tlll nough to pre clud th islhlllty of any distinct ndnc belo mod on th rood to Ilroprll The wheat harvist prom I to < > n little more nhunlnnt thnn Int oon but It Is I doubtful whether It will he more than sulllclent to supply Joenl qulremllt In the ledlng lines of foreign exports ex-ports foelg mellt IIn1 huttcr ther has been no moterlol nhnnee In 1891 no omlr wllli Iho prevlc onr The Irollh Is I lh cxplanatli of this Ioklnt tho holo of the colonlc 1272808 froclI corclle wre eXI > orta In 18D o nglllot 1845441 lIren In 186 Thl cnormouo hrlnke ug I tl a r ht frocn mellt line Autralln now hno I I ABentl a ns n rlOl nlld already al-ready the decreases In the former t inunlry are being met by Increased I exports from the latter There hila i been n jemarkoble expnn Ion In the xport trade In labblts nm an1 poultryflom Australia dur Ing Iho Int cor or two The Colony of Vlctorln which le1 the way and Is I the chief exporter of this class of produce pro-duce hnq shown that the muehexe icaalol I rabbit can lio turnel to very I profitable account The Ingllsh peo pie are very fond uf rubhlti so the I Victorian government tried the experiment experi-ment of sending home some of t IBSC uprfluoll bunn In n fen con Sulon TheyUnnrrive on the Lonlon market In first class condition and commn ml n Ory good prlee tI < rel tower Umn > 25 eellt apli How thli pnrlleulnr hrnllch of the xport trode has grown In Victoria nlolle mllY he gauged by the following flgu In I 1835 413040 rabbll were eXIrted nnd In 1897 1 857 30 IM Vlclorla also lakes Ihe lend In the export ex-port of butter and her trade ll I a little more than that of the whole United t I 1 States so far as quantity Is I concerned although the value of her product Is I much greater on Ihe London market I than ht Jn of America Last nye she I lixtortPd 21917451 pounds valued at 912455 as against 22170 790 pounds valued at 874710 In 1886 The In eased com > etlllon from the United Stnts Canmlt Arenllna nml othr eountrle I vlng the effect ot plating the Victor Ion dalrjmen on their mettle met-tle but the Auslrallan dairy season Is I ntIIa hlht hen Amrlen olld Cnnod are In the thraldom of snow nnd Ice So that nature balances things nlceli The mining Industry of Iustroll I In a hnllhy condition Ictorl leM the wy III guld productloll with Quenlnnd II goo1 conl Ihe formr had a ylehl tor 1897 of 814t28 onn which wn nn Illerono of 22000 ounce et 1S90 Quenlnlld vroduc < I iQGOO ounces In 1897 this being a substantial Increase of 150000 ounces over 1899 West Australia has trebled her output It was C04990 ounces last > ear nnd nltogelher the Auslrallan gold yield Is I fr In exC of wht It w In 1896 During 1S37 the value of gold exported from Australasia waa 13000000 1165 000000 Most of this has gone to London Lon-don ond the Increase In the shlpmenti hn heen one of the featu of the inancial car In utrolla An experiment hich houhl Intrt ugar producers In the United Btllte I s being mode In the colony of Victoria At a small township called Maffra the nt het ugor factors In the Southe Hmlphco has be erect1 IInd by lh lime this IK liad In Nw York operotlono In the manufactu 01 het gor will h neurin II ommnc ment Tho goernmnt of Icturla got pelal power from Iarllnmnt tu help thlo project flnanrtilly A rompony w formpd ond out of the JCr7WO J33000 which will lit the cot of this first foe tury tho ovrnent hn nlvnnc1 60000 SrOOOO by I O r rr building has bn ecte ntle with the late m e lat-e 1 701 I 1 rl tests I r how tblt 100 too ot flnt whlto r mn I It thl totory I uce nthr wilt he built olld I extlnetloll or tI Iocklalr con lIlPIr Imuotry of Qnlanll I not for of Ihe morkot clc of ugllr III Mlbourne I obout 122 S110 pir ton |
