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I | ItM 'II A»lt;Thu i quarterly report of Mr. Price, the Government Reriient of the Northern Territory, furnishes a variety of interesting information respecting that Imge j) rtion of South Australis. The pastoral lands are producing a better revenue, no leas than £7409 having been received from this source during the year. The total revenue amounted to £22,000, and next year Mr. Price ewpects that it will reach £33,020. i iere is a great demand jtwt now for pastoral c untry, chiefly from Queensland squatters, and on the 28th of June last the large area of 224,244 square miles had been taken un. As regards sugar planting in the Territory the Adelaide OUtnrr aays We are glad to note that the parties who secured large concessions in the shape of land are not going to sjeep. Mr. Owaton has selected a block of country on the Daly, and he has erected the necessary storeroom and houses for himself and men, his intention being to plant a nurserv of fifteen to twenty acres, from which he can obtain plants for hia plantation. Messrs. C. 11. Fisher and Lyons have taken up 20,000 acres, and they, too, intend raising the necessary capital to begin sugar planting. Mr. De Lima, Manager of the Pioneer Company, is busy erecting his mill and machinery, and clearing more land, but nothing is said aa to how much he has planted.*' The Resident points out one important fact, and that is that alluvial land free from white ants should be selected to ensure success in cane growing. Speaking aa to the character and behaviour of the population, he specially selects the Chinese for commendation, and he thoroughly endorses the statement of 8ir Arthur Kennedy, the Governor of Queensland, that “they observe the laws and are good subjects in every way.Mr. N'oakes, the representative of Messrs. John Fowler and Co., the celebrated English engineering firm, is at present in this city, having returned after a tour of seven months’ duration in Queensland. He speaks hopefully of the prospects of that colony, and thinks there w ill be an extensive demand for steam ploughing and other machinery there.* The steam ploughing plant shown at the Exhibition here, and tried at Bathurst is at present on a sugar plantation in Northern Queensland doing satisfactory work, and two or three sets as well as several miles of portable railway have been ordered through Mr. Noakes.
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Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Sat, Sep 03, 1881
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