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Resources of Australia "A Glimpse of Mel
bourne-Domand for American Goods -
Hard Times There, Too-Immense Sheep
Herds-On Board an Indian Ocean
steamer-stops Mt Different Points.
Kyneton, Victoria, Australia,
December "a, 1896
To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
After spending a month at New Zea-
land l arrived by steamer at Melbourne
on the goth, getting up to the wharf at
midnight
l was in a sound sleep when news
was brought that a gentleman and lady
wanted to see me. 1t was my brother
and his daughter. My brother recog-
nized me, although he had not seen me
since 1860, in New Haven. OF course,
dressed and went ashore.
Melbourne is fine city of about
100000, Very level and laid out in fine,
long, wide streets, splendidly paved
with wooden blocks. 1t is finely light
ed with electric lights, and has cable
cars very much like those in San Fran
cisco. There are some fine stores, ana
g. number of immense granite buildings
for shipping purposes, for there is
very large shipping business done here;
both foreign and colonial There is
plenty of evidence of wealth and pros
perity to be seen, both in the hustle and
activity, and the number of immense
solid stone buildings, and the richly
and elegantly furnished stores and ho-
tells on all Sides
Leaving Melbourne I came on to
Kyneton, f1fty-three miles, to spend
Christmas with my brothers. 1t was
glorious meeting. My other brother
had not seen since 1S49. OF course, we
had lots of old-time tales to tell, but
it did not seem like Christmas to me
with the thermometer at So in the
shade. By the by, I went to a store
here in Kyneton and bought ther-
mometer to carry on board ship to note
the changes going through the Suez
canal and the Red sea, and what should
see, but made by Sargent & Co., New
York" I bought some lead pencils, and
they were made in America. I bought
pair of shoes, and the dealer wanted
to know If I wanted the best; I said I
wanted the best there were made, and
he produced a very nice pair, the best
he had in the shop. They were Ameri-
can made, and cost me twelve shillings
and six pence $4,000. I shall wear
them home to New Haven. My cousin
has very fine organ; when opened 1t,
LOT on the front was New Haven, Conn.
The New Haven bicycle has a great
reputation here; one of them won
great prize In New Zealand. So we are
able to compete with them in spite Of
their low wages 1t is quite gratifying
to me to see such a demand for Amer
lean products here; it is an encourag-
ing outlook for America.
The country around here Is perfectly
lovely; a fine rolling agricultural coun-
try My brother has a business ten
miles from here. I have often driven
over there, and on one occasion walk
ed all the way, on purpose to see the
country at my leisure. 1t is one con-
tinuous succession of large fields of
wheat, barley, oats and potatoes. The
fields are divided by dark green thick
hedges, and the contrast of the dark
green of the potato fields, with the
bright yellow of the wheat, barley and
oats with the thick green hedges divid-
ing them, makes picture that must be
seen to be appreciated. It Is great
country also for sheep and cattle. At
some of the stations near here there
are f1ocks of sheep numbering from Co.
900 to 1000, and I'D in Queensland,
they number as much as 100000 in a
flock. The country is so extensive, and
the grazing so good, that it pays, and
then it Is so easy here for a man to ac-
cumulate land For instance, If a man
has two sons, he can take up 10000
acres for each of them, making $4,000
acres for which he pays to the govern
ment one penny farthing per acre per
year; that is two and half cents per
acre per year. for ten years. BY re-
siding on it and putting little fencing,
1t becomes his own in ten years; the
government then giving him a clear title,
and as there Is scarcely any limit to
the land, it accounts fore the immense
number of sheep and cattle. | have
gone with my brother and seen him buy
whole focks of sheep at six to seven
shilfings per head, and cattle three to
four pounds per head. Some he sells in
market at once; others he puts into
paddock and lets them run until they
are fit for the butcher.
AS we'll as an agricultural country,
1t is a great mining country. Wher-
ever you go, every few miles you will
zee a chimney and one or two rough
buildings; no other signs of life. You
inquire what that is. ooh, it is q gold
mine sometimes in active operation
and sometimes deserted, as it does not
pay"
Around my brothers farm in Mary
borough the ground is covered with
holes all the way from five to seventy
five feet deep, and there is substance
that comes out of them lying around
on the surface. Some of 1t is quite
white, like whining, and some of it is
red and yellow 1t is dangerous to go
around in the dark; every now and
then some one falls into q whole. Last
week there was quite rich find of gold
in marlborough. 1t has its ups and
downs like everything else. To my
mind there is nothing like a steady
commercial or manufacturing industry
for the prosperity of a country.
Must say adieu for the present, as I
leave on Saturday noon by the steam
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