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Fruit culture is of great importance ; fruit to the value of about 840,247/., and jam and pulp valued at 223,044/. were produced in 1911.
There were in the State 41,853 horses, 217,406 head of cattle, 1,823,017 sheep and lambs, and 67,392 pigs, on March 1, 1912. The wool clip in 1911 was estimated at 9,526,593 lbs.
The soil of the colony is rich in iron ore, tin, copper, and galena, and there are large beds of coal. Gold to the value of 132,108/. was produced in 1911, and silver and silver ore to the value of 253,361/., copper ore, &c., 408,647/. The total output of gold from beginning of gold-mining to end of 1911 was 1 700,687 fine ounces; value 6,752,832/. Owing to cessation of alluvial working, the total number of persons employed in gold-mining has decreased from 2,060 in 1879 to about 570 in 1911. The total number of men em- ployed in silver and copper mining in 1911 was about 2,500, output (61,501 tons silver and 6,022 tons copper) 67,523 tons, valued at 662,010/. Tin production in 1911 : 3,953 tons ; men employed, about 1,755 (including Chinese) ; value, 513,500/. The total value of tin produced up to the end of 1911 was 10,341,819/. The total number of men employed in coal-mmmg in 1911 was 180, output 57,067 tons, valued at 26,214/.
Commerce.
The commerce of Tasmania, exclusive of inter-State trade, is comprised in the statement of the commerce of Australia, given under the heading of the Commonwealth. Imports and exports, including inter-State trade :—
1907
1908
Total imports Total exports
& 3,248,193 4,068,459
£ 3,371,862 4,030,766
1909
£ 3,129,873 3,431,250
1910
1911
£ £
3,376,000' 3,309,506 4,005,500' 4,529,331
1 Estimated.
The exports are chiefly wool, gold, silver, tin, timber, fruit and jam, hops, grain, hides and skins, bark. ^
The registered shipping in 1911 consisted of 150 sailing vessels of 8,/63 tons, and 74 steamers of 8,940 tons ; total, 224 vessels of 17,703 tons. For shipping, railways, postsand telegraphs, see under Commomvcalth of Australia.
Savings Banks.
The number of depositors in the Government Savings Banks at the end of June 1912, was : 26,817, and the amount on deposit 787,101/. In Joint Stock Companies' Savings Banks in February, 1912, there were 40,288 depositors, and the amount on deposit 1,146,988/.
Books of Reference.
statistics ot Tasmania. Annual. Hobart. Census of Tasmania, 1901. Hobart, 1902. Crown Lands Guide. Timber Pampblets.
i?en<on(James), History of Tasmania. Hobart, 1884. „^ ^ „ ^ ^. . .
JohnstonCR M) Official Record of Tasmania. Annual. Hobart.— Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania. Hobart, 1888.— Rocks and Minerals
Just (T. C.), Tasmaniana: a Description of the Island audits Resources. Launceston,
187'-t
Murray (A. S.), Tasmanian Rivers, Lakes, and Flowers. London, 1900.
Rodway, Tasmanian Flora. .^v,„, .^.. rm -0^.1
Roth (h! Ling), Butler OH. E.),aud Walker (J. B.), The Aborigines of Tasmania. 2nd ed.
Halifax. 1900. ^ ■ „ , ^ , ,„„„
2iu8den(G. W.), The History of Australia. 3 vols. London, 1883.
Tasmania and its Mineral Wealth. Melbourne; 1898.
TTaJc/i'g Tasmanian "Red Book". Annual. Hobart ,xt ^ i, t , a
Walker {3 B ) EarlyTasmania.—Tasman'sVoyages.— Deportation of Norfolk Islanders.
