SYDNEY.
Boiling down is N. S. Wales. — This business has been (a.neil on to sucli an extent ss serioiibly to affect the increase of stock for the last )oar. In 1844 the number of cattle slaughtered lor tallo v was 20,000 head, and of bheep for the same purpose 217,800. In consequence, ihe incre.ise upon the total stock (f horned cuttle in the colony, inclutling Port Philip, was only 13-97 per cent., ami the increase of sheep Irom the same cause was only 10-87 per cent. Agricultural Show at Sydney. — A sample of New ZtaldMtl wheat attracted much attention. It was a fine round plump grain, and would fetch the top market price; a label htated that there was a crop of seventy bushels to the acre, which we should be very much in-c-liu (1 to doubt. It did not state what part of New Zealan 1 this wheat was grown in. A mteting is to be held for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature against the proposed reduction of duty on sj.ints, and contemplated imposition >f duties on tea, &ugar, &c. Sydney Morning Herald.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZSCSG18451115.2.11
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 58, 15 November 1845, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
185SYDNEY. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 58, 15 November 1845, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in