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ОглавлениеBoiler Attendants and Engine-drivers.
Where to get Particulars re Passages.
Where to get Information in England.
What Population could Queensland Carry?
Where to get Advice about Work on Arrival.
Where to get Information of Lands Available.
Where to get Information re Crops, Soils, etc.
Where to get Information about any Part of the Country, Travelling, and Rate of Living.
What is the Area of Queensland?
What Area is under Cultivation?
Where are Fruits Principally Grown?
Where are the Crops and Products Raised?
What is the Mean Annual Rainfall?
But is not the Heat Great in Summer?
But does the Climate Suit English and European People?
What Sort of People are already Settled in Queensland?
Do People Often Return after Leaving Queensland?
What Openings are there in Queensland for the Investor?
For the Man with Small Capital on Government Land?
Suppose he tried Fruit Growing?
What could a Man do without Capital?
Experienced Agricultural Labourers.
Where Can Government Land be Obtained?
At what Age can a Person Select Land?
Can a Man with Little Capital acquire Land?
Can a Single Woman hold Government Land?
Can She hold a Homestead Area?
What Land may Married Women hold from the Crown?
What Land a Married Woman cannot select from the Crown.
Twenty Years’ Purchase without Interest.
What is the Deposit on an Agricultural Farm of 160 Acres?
When can such a Farm be made Freehold?
Conditions for Agricultural Farms.
Agricultural Homestead Conditions.
Grazing Farms—Rental, Term, Conditions, &c.
Purchase of an Unconditional Selection.
Freehold of Prickly Pear Selections.
Price of Prickly Pear Selections.
Can an Alien select Land in Queensland?
When can an Alien become Naturalised?
Where must Applications for Land be Lodged?
How far from the Railway is the Available Land?
Light Railway Lines Opening Large Areas.
What Assistance does the Government Give the Intending Settler?
What is the Agricultural Bank?
Can the Settler Borrow Money to Buy Stock?
Can an Alien Obtain an Advance?
What is the Nature of the Soil?
Who are the most Successful Farmers?
Do many of the Farmers Keep Sheep?
Is Dairying Increasing in Queensland?
How much Milk was Obtained in 1913?
What was the Butter Production in Queensland in 1913?
What will a Good Average Cow Earn?
What is the Price of a Good Cow?
What is the Class of Dairy Herd in Queensland?
How many Cows does the Average Farm Carry?
How many Cows could you Carry on 160 Acres?
Where Wheat is Principally Grown.
A few of Queensland’s Products for 1913.
Can a Man get any Crop with his First Ploughing?
What First Crop can be got off Scrub Land?
Are there any other State Experimental Farms?
Where can Building Materials be Obtained?
Recuperative Power of the Land.
What is the Nature of the Trade with Asia?
What Parts of Queensland are the Best for Cattle?
What Number of Cattle are there in Queensland?
Increase of Sheep for Ten Years.
What was the Value of the Wool in 1913?
What was the Value of the Imports and Exports in 1913?
On what Area could a Man Profitably Grow Wool?
Are there Larger Areas than this?
What is the Ordinary Rate for Unskilled Labour in Mines?
At what Age should a Miner Come to Queensland?
What could a Practical Miner do in Queensland?
What is the Aggregate Area of the Mining Fields Proclaimed Open?
What was the Total Output of Gold from Queensland Mines to the end of 1913?
What was the Total Value of this Output?
What was the Total Value of Minerals other than Gold won from Queensland Mines to the end of 1913?
Rewards for Discovery of New Goldfields.
Total Schools, including State Schools, 1913.
Higher Educational Institutions.
Education in Sparsely-populated Districts.
How many Miles of State Railway are Open?
Railway Receipts and Expenditure, 1913.
Private Railways, to 31st December, 1914.
What was the Value of the Gold produced in Queensland for 1913?
Total Value of Production of other Minerals, 1913.
Government Savings Bank, 1913–14.
Some Successful Queensland Farmers.
What the Daniels Family are Doing.
Had a Stout Heart, Strong Pair of Hands, and Plenty of Pluck and Determination.
Successful Efforts from Small Beginnings.
Had a Horse and Saddle and 3s. 6d.
Had only a Few Shillings left after Paying the First Year’s Rent.
Mining Engineer—Now a Successful Fruit-grower, &c.
Inexperience no Obstacle to Success.
Had no Previous Agricultural Experience.
Landed in the District with £200.
Tasmanian takes up a Farm with £600.
Miner Starts Farming with £50.
Queensland—The Finest Agricultural Country in Australia.
A Well-known Grazier’s Opinion.
Started Cane-growing with £147.
Another Successful Sugar-cane Grower.
Arrived in Queensland with Sixpence—Now a Well-to-do Farmer.
Happy and Contented Russian Settlers.
Started with only 100 Roubles (£10.)
Russian Naval Gunner’s Success as a Farmer.
